Peter Johnson
Software Engineer
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarPeter Johnson is a seasoned software engineer with 25 years of experience, based in Pasadena, California, known for deep back-end and embedded systems expertise. He is an active open-source maintainer in robotics and tooling—creator of RobotPy and a contributor to WPILib and the yasm assembler—bringing practical experience in versioning, build systems, and low-level infrastructure. His work on WPILib improved tooling for robotics simulation, testing, and error handling, while his yasm contributions show attention to build compatibility and release hygiene. A capable technical writer as well, he has cleaned and improved FRC documentation, combining code-level rigor with clear developer-facing documentation. Pragmatic and detail-oriented, he bridges embedded constraints and modern C++ testing practices to keep complex robotic systems reliable and maintainable.
25 years of coding experience
Github Skills (16)
error-handling10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
documentation10
code-cleanup10
hal9
latex9
build-system9
version-control9
cmake8
configurations8
embedded8
unit-testing8
testing8
configuration-file8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
yasm/yasm
May 2001 - Jul 2021
Yasm Assembler mainline development tree
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 34 reviews, 2093 commits in 20 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Peter's contributions primarily involve updating the Yasm Assembler's version information within configuration files. These changes involve modifying the `PACKAGE_NAME`, `PACKAGE_STRING`, and `PACKAGE_VERSION` definitions in the configuration header files. The commits also include updates to the build scripts and the addition of a C++-style comment for compatibility. These actions point towards the user being involved in the core software development and maintenance, particularly in handling versioning and build-related aspects.
assembleryasm
wpilibsuite/allwpilib
Jul 2014 - Jan 2023
Official Repository of WPILibJ and WPILibC
Role in this project:Back-end & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:45 releases, 3322 reviews, 1655 commits in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Peter's contributions focused on improving the underlying infrastructure of the WPILib project. Their work involved adding thread IDs and shared pointer support to the wpiutil library, adding mocking support for HAL_SendError() in HALSIM, and enabling Google Test unit tests. They also made several improvements to the ErrorBase and WPIError classes and updated compiler versions across the project.
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