Neil Smith
Founder And Director at Neil C Smith
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Smith is the founder and director of Codelerity Ltd. and a 16-year veteran of real-time systems, JVM tooling, media and embedded development, combining consultancy with hands-on product work. He leads PraxisLIVE, an open-source hybrid visual live programming framework rethinking creative coding workflows, and maintains the Java bindings for GStreamer while contributing significant fixes and release work to the Apache NetBeans IDE. As an Apache NetBeans PMC member and multiple-time release manager, he blends deep platform engineering with site and installer improvements that keep the IDE current with modern JDKs. Trained as an artist and active as a live-coding performer, he uniquely bridges interactive art and production-grade software engineering. Based in Oxford, he is available for short-term projects and famously runs on a steady stream of coffee.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hon), Contemporary Musics, BA (Hon), Contemporary Musics at Bretton Hall University College, University of LeedsMA, Contemporary Arts and Music, MA, Contemporary Arts and Music at Oxford Brookes University
Github Skills (17)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
apache/netbeans
Oct 2017 - Jan 2023
Apache NetBeans
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 releases, 527 reviews, 409 commits in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Neil primarily contributed to the NetBeans IDE, focusing on updating the installer, auto-upgrade mechanisms, and Java-related tools to accommodate newer versions of the Java Development Kit (JDK). Their work included modifying code to support user directory and build date changes within the IDE. The user also worked on fixing specific hints related to Java patterns and handling of resources in multi-release JAR files.
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apache/netbeans-website
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
Apache NetBeans Website
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 73 commits, 92 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Neil primarily contributed to the Apache NetBeans website, making structural and content updates. They refactored the website to use Foundation SASS files and modularized the NetBeans SASS. The user also updated the website for new releases of NetBeans (11.1, 11.2, and 12.1, 12.6), changing download links and news headers. Furthermore, they made modifications to the IDE issue reporting page.
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