Diego Nehab
Co-Founder And Researcher at Cartesi
Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolDiego Nehab is a researcher-turned-entrepreneur with 14 years of experience and a Ph.D. in computer graphics from Princeton, currently co-founding and researching at Cartesi in Portugal. He combines deep academic credentials—professor roles at IMPA and postdoc work at Microsoft Research—with hands-on systems engineering, contributing to open-source projects like luasocket where he refactored core networking APIs and improved TCP/UDP usability. Comfortable at the intersection of theory and production, he has a long track record from industry internships to leading research groups and shipping robust library improvements. Notably, he prefers selective outreach—“not responsive to cold calls”—indicating a focused, deliberate collaboration style.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de JaneiroUniversity of California, Los AngelesPh.D. Computer Graphics, Ph.D. Computer Graphics at Princeton University
Github Skills (8)
lua10
api10
apidoc10
networking10
documentation10
tcp9
ip9
udp9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
lunarmodules/luasocket
Apr 2012 - Apr 2019
Network support for the Lua language
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:108 commits, 58 PRs, 66 pushes in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Diego primarily worked on refactoring and improving the LuaSocket library's core functionality. Their contributions involved merging code, addressing type errors, and expanding the library's API. They also made significant progress by adding documentation for various features, including TCP/UDP options and functions such as getaddrinfo and getoption, enhancing usability.
lua
diegonehab/2dcg-docker
Jan 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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