Dalton Smith
Software Engineer at Washtenaw Community College
Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
Summary
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RockstarDalton Smith is a software engineer with nine years of experience building desktop applications and improving developer-facing documentation. Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, he combines hands-on development with a knack for clarifying complex technical content, evidenced by substantial documentation contributions to the widely used WPILib FRC docs. He focuses on making software and docs more usable—reorganizing content, adding examples, and troubleshooting guidance to help teams ship faster. Known for pragmatic engineering and clear communication, Dalton blends coding craftsmanship with an editor’s attention to detail to bridge the gap between implementation and user understanding.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (4)
restructuredtext10
documentation10
rc10
git9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
wpilibsuite/wpilib-docs
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Official WPILib Documentation powered by Read the Docs
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:3 releases, 1137 reviews, 323 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Dalton primarily contributed to documentation for the `frc-docs` repository, focusing on improving the clarity, organization, and accuracy of existing articles. Their work involved refining content, updating links, and adding new sections such as examples and troubleshooting guides. They also reorganized the structure of the articles to make them more useful and included additional styling information.
read-the-docswpilib
wpilibsuite/sphinxext-pwa
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Sphinx extension to make a PWA.
Contributions:3 releases, 38 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
sphinx-extension
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