Chris Toomey
Senior Software Engineer at August Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolChris Toomey is a Senior Software Engineer in Boston with 15 years of experience building web products and growing engineering teams, currently shaping backend and frontend systems at August Health. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL, JavaScript, and TypeScript, blending product-focused development with hands-on implementation. Previously he served as CTO at Sagewell and worked as an independent consultant, bringing both leadership and practitioner perspectives to project delivery. An active open-source contributor, he significantly improved the popular vim-tmux-navigator plugin, adding customizable mappings and fixing key edge cases to improve usability outside tmux. Trained as a mechanical engineer at Northeastern, he applies a systems-thinking approach to software design and pragmatic problem solving. Colleagues know him for shipping dependable features while maintaining developer ergonomics and stability.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University
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Github Skills (7)
vim10
plugin-development10
tmux10
scripting9
shell9
script9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
Apr 2013 - Jan 2023
Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 29 commits, 101 PRs in 9 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Chris significantly enhanced the `vim-tmux-navigator` plugin, introducing optional mappings and broader functionality outside of tmux environments. They refactored the code for improved usability, allowing users to disable mappings and customize them as needed. Furthermore, the user implemented crucial fixes, including addressing command-line window issues and slow shell startup problems, while also improving the plugin's compatibility and stability. This work streamlined the plugin and resolved key edge cases.
tmuxvim
christoomey/vim-tmux-runner
Nov 2012 - Aug 2022
Vim and tmux, sittin' in a tree...
Contributions:70 commits, 18 PRs, 27 pushes in 9 years 10 months
tmuxvim
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