Software developer with experience in API, systems portability, and low-level language runtime work. Currently, I'm one of the PHP 8.4 release managers, and I work at Seiden Group maintaining IBM i support for PHP. My work there ranges from packaging to database extensions. In the past, I did a port of Mono to IBM i, which was recognized by COMMON for a "Student Innovation Award".

Resume available on request.

Contact

Reach me via email: calvin squiggly cmpct dot info. I'm available via other chat or social media platforms, but ask first.

Projects

These projects are the most user-facing or took the most effort to work on. More projects (in varying states of activity) are on my GitHub profile.

Writing

Writing for for the corporate blog can be found other there.

In an effort to get me to write more, some friends of mine lent me some space on a blog of theirs. Most things I write nowadays are hosted there. Below are some older things I've written.

Win16 for Fun and (Probably No) Profit

A fun and retrospective look about Microsoft's development tools for Windows 3.1.

Microsoft's forgotten MIDI soundtrack add-in for PowerPoint

Microsoft's strange add-in for PowerPoint that gave presentations procedurally generated MIDI soundtracks.

Network 10

A story on everyone's favourite subnet.

Staring Into the COM Abyss

Extending Windows, the hard way.

Introducing Mono on AIX and IBM i

Technical overview of porting Mono.

Run Practical .NET Applications on IBM i with Mono

Oh hey, I ported Mono!

Potpourri

Miscellaneous odds and ends not worthy of a more formal article.

Autotel

Weird analog cellular phone system!

AXPpci33

Weird Alpha motherboard!