Arkadiusz Hiler
Wine Developer at CodeWeavers
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Finland
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Top SchoolArkadiusz Hiler is a pragmatic Wine developer with 17 years of engineering experience, currently focused on compatibility, build automation and containerized toolchains at CodeWeavers in Helsinki. He combines low-level Windows API work in Wine with DevOps expertise—improving Proton’s build and containerization, adding rootless support, relabeling volumes, and integrating ccache for faster builds. Prior roles at Intel saw him co-maintain IGT GPU tools and contribute to kernel/CI and graphics stacks, reflecting strong systems and performance instincts. A fast learner who thrives on R&D and experimentation, he habitually picks projects that keep him curious and ships practical fixes for hard-to-reproduce issues. His GitHub nickname “Proton Janitor” hints at a knack for behind-the-scenes improvements that make large open-source projects more reliable and maintainable.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Informatics, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Informatics at Politechnika Gdańska
German, Polish, English
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Github Skills (32)
docker10
system-programming10
wp-api10
winapi10
c1110
makefile10
containerization10
dockers10
cicd10
c1710
build-automation10
ws-api10
scripting9
proton9
shell9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ValveSoftware/Proton
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:23 releases, 11 reviews, 498 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Arkadiusz primarily focused on improving the build and containerization processes for the Proton compatibility tool. They added options for rootless container usage, implemented container volume relabeling, and integrated ccache for build acceleration. Furthermore, the user automated the detection of container engines, made adjustments to the build system to support newer Steam Runtime SDK versions and updated the default Proton SDK image. The commits show a focus on improving the build environment's flexibility, efficiency, and compatibility with various containerization setups.
steamproton
wine-mirror/wine
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Arkadiusz primarily contributed to the Wine project by implementing and fixing low-level system calls and core functionalities related to the Windows operating system compatibility layer. The contributions included adding and improving implementations for functions like `timeGetTime`, `GetMouseMovePointsEx`, and device-related APIs. The user also addressed specific bugs, corrected existing functionalities, and refactored code to improve performance. This work improved compatibility with applications that relied on these specific Windows APIs.
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