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I work on lots of free software projects, usually related to Linux, POSIX, C, systems, and graphics.
My values include:
Portability to the relevant standards (POSIX, ISO C, ...)
Simplicity, meaning code that is easy for someone unfamiliar to understand and make changes, without dependencies that don't have this property.
Correctness and robustness.
Fixing problems at the source, rather than working around them, even if it means more work.
Licensing software so anyone can use it for any purpose (i.e. MIT/BSD/ISC).
My current projects include:
samurai: a small reimplementation of the ninja build tool in C for POSIX systems.
sbase: I am the maintainer of this collection of portable UNIX tools.
cproc: a C11 compiler aiming to build a large amount of code found in the wild.
oasis: a linux distribution, probably more similar to a BSD, that combines a bunch of light-weight software alternatives into a complete system.
libtls-bearssl: an implementation of libtls using BearSSL
swc: a small wayland compositor framework, much lighter on code and dependencies compared to the alternatives.
velox: a dwm clone built on top of swc
I also contribute to a variety of other projects including qbe, musl, and many others.
My work on oasis also has many further reaching effects. I regularly send patches to essential linux system software to ensure that they follow the relevant standards and work with alternative implementations of tools and libraries. Examples:
Changed some linux kernel build scripts to use more portable shell scripts and tool invocations.
Changed objtool, used in the linux kernel build, to support linking with libelf from elftoolchain.
Added support for BearSSL to curl.
Countless patches to many other projects fixing ISO C conformance issues.
ninja-compatible build tool written in C
Language: C - Stars: 841C11 compiler (mirror)
Language: C - Stars: 733a small statically-linked linux system
Language: Roff - Stars: 2816Portable UNIX tools (personal repository)
Language: C - Stars: 58a library for making a simple Wayland compositor
Language: C - Stars: 631libtls implemented on top of BearSSL
Language: C - Stars: 39