Dave Carlton
Owner at Polymicro Systems
Conroe, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarDave Carlton is a veteran software engineer and entrepreneur with over three decades of experience designing firmware, embedded systems, and server architectures. As founder of Polymicro Systems and former manager/engineer at Apple, he led the Open Firmware team and shipped low-level features like Target Disk Mode and Xserve firmware interfaces while coordinating cross-functional hardware/software diagnostics. He blends hands-on low-level skills (assembly, Forth, C, Obj-C) with systems and networking expertise, often using logic analyzers and oscilloscopes to diagnose complex hardware-software interactions. Dave has also led infrastructure for online gaming as CTO of Playnet and contributed UI/editor improvements to the notable open-source Factor language project. He prefers technically challenging roles that require intimate knowledge of both silicon and software, and brings rare breadth from embedded security systems to consumer-facing tools. Based in Conroe, Texas, he continues to consult and develop robust systems through his independent practice.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
German
Stackoverflow
1,548reputation
137kreached
34answers
18questions
Github Skills (21)
editors10
ui-design10
editor10
uid10
front-end-development10
factor10
programming-language9
cat8
concatenation8
concat8
stacker7
stack7
ios-simulator6
pg-restore6
xcode6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
factor/factor
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Factor programming language
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 12 commits, 24 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Dave primarily focused on UI and editor improvements for the Factor programming language. They implemented features for caret shapes, including box and filled box options, and integrated the aquamacs editor. Additionally, the user made code changes to support different caret shapes. These contributions enhanced the Factor language's editor functionality and user experience.
programming-languagefactorstackconcatenative
tgunr/onefinity-firmware
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:199 pushes, 13 branches, 3 tags in 8 months
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