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| author | Alex Xu (Hello71) <alex_y_xu@yahoo.ca> | 2021-10-03 15:03:42 -0400 |
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| committer | Alex Xu (Hello71) <alex_y_xu@yahoo.ca> | 2021-10-03 15:03:42 -0400 |
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diff --git a/resume/resume.html b/resume/resume.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..982ded8 --- /dev/null +++ b/resume/resume.html @@ -0,0 +1,230 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <title>Alex Xu's Resume</title> + <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png"> + <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png"> + <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <meta name="description" content="Generalist software developer with experience in Linux, C, Python, networking."> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="resume.css"> +</head> +<body> + <div id="ie" style="font-size:2em;display:none"> + Internet Explorer does not support the web standards used on this page. Please upgrade to a modern browser such as <a href="https://firefox.com">Mozilla Firefox</a>, <a href="https://microsoft.com/edge">Microsoft Edge</a>, or <a href="https://google.com/chrome">Google Chrome</a>. + </div> + <div class="right title"> + <h1>Alex Xu</h1> + <p class="h1s">Generalist software developer</p> + </div> + <div class="left taddr"> + <address> + <ul class="fakelist"> + <li> + <svg class="icon" role="img" height="12" width="12" fill="none" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.1"> + <title>Location:</title> + <path aria-hidden="true" d="m1.5 4.4999967 4.5-3.50000004 4.5 3.50000004v5.5a1 1 0 0 1 -1 1.0000003h-7a1 1 0 0 1 -1-1.0000003z"/> + <path aria-hidden="true" d="m4.5 11v-5h3v5"/> + </svg> + Toronto, Canada<br>(open to remote, reloc) + </li> + <li> + <svg class="icon" role="img" height="12" width="12" fill="none" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="1.1"> + <title>Email:</title> + <path aria-hidden="true" d="m2 2h8c.55 0 1 .45 1 1v6c0 .55-.45 1-1 1h-8c-.55 0-1-.45-1-1v-6c0-.55.45-1 1-1z"/> + <path aria-hidden="true" d="m11 3-5 3.5-5-3.5"/> + </svg> + <!-- remember to update print js below --> + <a href="javascript:location=['ca','.','alxu','@','alex',':','mailto'].reverse().join('');void 0"> + <span style="display:inline">alex</span>@alxu<span class="hide"> DELETE ME </span>.ca + </a> + </li> + </ul> + </address> + </div> + <div class="gap"></div> + <h2 class="left">Education</h2> + <div class="right"> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b>Lassonde School of Engineering, B.Sc., <abbr title="Honours">Hons.</abbr> Computer Science</b>, <i class="nb">York University</i>, GPA: 7.7/9.0 (A).</h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>Sept. 2016–May 2020</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <ul class="left-heavy-columns"> + <li>Advanced Object Oriented Programming (A+)</li> + <li>Design and Analysis of Algorithms (A+)</li> + <li>Fundamentals of Data Structures (A+)</li> + <li>Computer Architecture (A)</li> + <li>Database Management Systems (A+)</li> + <li>Applied Cryptography (A+)</li> + <li>Mathematics of Cryptography (A)</li> + <li>Network Security (A+)</li> + </ul> + <ul class="printcol" style="width:21em"> + <li>Advanced Object Oriented Programming (A+)</li> + <li>Design and Analysis of Algorithms (A+)</li> + <li>Fundamentals of Data Structures (A+)</li> + <li>Computer Architecture (A)</li> + </ul> + <ul class="printcol" style="width:16em"> + <li>Database Management Systems (A+)</li> + <li>Applied Cryptography (A+)</li> + <li>Mathematics of Cryptography (A)</li> + <li>Network Security (A+)</li> + </ul> + </section> + </div> + <div class="gap"></div> + <h2 class="left">Work</h2> + <div class="right"> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b>Ethica Channel Enablement Inc</b>, <i>Network Engineer</i>.</h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>Dec. 2018–Oct. 2019</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Developed several core projects and provided extensive consulting on C, Linux, git, and networking.</p> + <ul> + <li>built a Buildroot-based minimal Linux infrastructure for the launch of a multi-link VPN product</li> + <li>created a fully automated high-speed operating system installer for x86 systems using BusyBox sh</li> + <li>created a tool for remote Linux in-place replacement using POSIX sh and BusyBox</li> + <li>developed a GitLab CI process for generating the deployable image</li> + </ul> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b>York University</b>, <i>Undergraduate Student Research Award researcher</i>.</h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>May–Aug. 2018</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Co-developed a Django web platform for worldwide crowdsourced hydrographic data collaboration.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b>York University</b>, <i>Teaching assistant</i>.</h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>June–July 2017</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Taught lab sessions for 48-student Android/web development course.</p> + </section> + </div> + <div class="gap"></div> + <div class="left"> + <h2>Community</h2> + <address> + <ul class="fakelist"> + <li> + <svg class="icon" role="img" height="12" width="12" fill="none" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-width="1.1"> + <title>cgit:</title> + <path aria-hidden="true" d="m8 9 3-3-3-3 M4 3 l-3 3 3 3"/> + </svg> + <a href="https://cgit.alxu.ca/">cgit.alxu.ca</a> + </li> + <li> + <svg class="icon" role="img" height="12" width="12" fill="none" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.1"> + <title>GitHub:</title> + <path aria-hidden="true" d="m4.625 9.7566971c-2.5.75-2.5-1.25-3.5-1.5m7 3v-1.935a1.685 1.685 0 0 0 -.47-1.305c1.57-.175 3.22-.77 3.22-3.5a2.72 2.72 0 0 0 -.75-1.875 2.535 2.535 0 0 0 -.045-1.885s-.59-.175-1.955.74a6.69 6.69 0 0 0 -3.5 0c-1.365-.915-1.955-.74-1.955-.74a2.535 2.535 0 0 0 -.045 1.885 2.72 2.72 0 0 0 -.75 1.89c0 2.71 1.65 3.305 3.22 3.5a1.685 1.685 0 0 0 -.47 1.29v1.935"/> + </svg> + <a href="https://github.com/Hello71">gh/Hello71</a> <span style="font-style: normal">[</span><a href="https://github.com/search?q=type%3Apr+author%3AHello71&s=created">PRs</a><span style="font-style: normal">]</span> + </li> + </ul> + </address> + </div> + <div class="right"> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://alpinelinux.org/">Alpine Linux</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>March 2020–present</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p><a href="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/groups/alpine/-/issues?state=all&author_username=alxu">Reported</a>, documented, and <a href="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/groups/alpine/-/merge_requests?author_username=alxu&state=all">contributed fixes</a> for issues including <a href="https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Release_Notes_for_Alpine_3.14.0#faccessat2">Operation not permitted in Docker</a>, <a href="https://github.com/alpinelinux/docker-alpine/issues/134">sh: write error: Invalid argument</a>, and <a href="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/12368">Raspberry Pi doesn't boot, 7 blinks</a>. <a href="https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/devel/?search=from%3A%22Alex+Xu%22">Proposed changes</a> including <a href="https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/devel/%3C1628515011.zujvcn248v.none%40localhost%3E">-fno-plt for x86 and x86_64</a>, <a href="https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/devel/%3C1593702164.2nw55qdomr.none%40localhost%3E">compressing debuginfo</a>, and <a href="https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/devel/%3C1593625212.dirkptm3b0.none%40localhost%3E">reconsidering -Os</a>.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd">libglvnd</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>September 2021</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p><a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd/-/merge_requests/249">Implemented correct global-dynamic TLS support, fixing musl compatibility.</a></p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://www.winehq.org/">Wine</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>July 2021</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p><a href="https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2021-July/191267.html">Implemented copy_file_range support, shrinking Wine prefixes from 200 MB to less than 1 MB.</a></p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b>Linux kernel</b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>2012–present</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Reported issues and submitted fixes: <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/?q=f%3A%22Alex+Xu%22">lkml</a>, <a href="https://linuxlists.cc/profile/47355/Alex_Xu">linuxlists</a>. Diagnosed <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/9739">Cargo issue 9739</a> to <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1628086770.5rn8p04n6j.none@localhost/">a long-standing kernel bug</a>, and <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=46c4c9d1beb7f5b4cec4dd90e7728720583ee348">fixed the underlying issue</a>, resolving a deadlock in GNU Make and similar jobservers.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://qemu.org/">QEMU</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>December 2020</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Discovered and reported <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35517">an issue allowing full host device access from guests with virtiofsd enabled</a>.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://cgit.alxu.ca/wfs.git/">wfs</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>June 2020</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Built a concurrent Python web font subsetter with automatic pixel-perfect verification.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://cgit.alxu.ca/cgit-syntax-highlighting.git">cgit-syntax-highlighting</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>March 2020</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Built a concurrent Python pygments microservice, reducing TTFB from 1.1s to 0.15s on <a href="https://cgit.alxu.ca/">cgit.alxu.ca</a>. Improved portability and security and reduced LOC by 66% by <a href="https://cgit.alxu.ca/cgit-syntax-highlighting.git/commit/?id=bbbbafd21b1cade042d57c90cc70df682df28e6d">switching from http.server to aiohttp</a>.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://cgit.alxu.ca/udpastcp.git">udpastcp</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>July 2016</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Built a C tunnel to simulate datagrams using TCP packets, fixing TCP-over-TCP overhead.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://github.com/Dwarf-Therapist/Dwarf-Therapist">Dwarf Therapist</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>Aug. 2014–Sept. 2017</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p><a href="https://github.com/Dwarf-Therapist/Dwarf-Therapist/commits?author=Hello71">Implemented cross-bit ptrace, migrated from qmake to CMake, and refactored code</a>.</p> + </section> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpregedit/">Simple Registry Editor</a></b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>Sept. 2008</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Built a minimal .NET registry editor.</p> + </section> + </div> + <div class="gap"></div> + <h2 class="left noprint">Personal</h2> + <div class="right noprint"> + <section class="entry"> + <div class="entry-header"> + <div><h4><b>Resume</b></h4></div> + <div class="date"><b>June 2020</b><span class="date-punct">:</span></div> + </div> + <p>Rewrote my resume from LaTeX to modern web standards:</p> + <ul> + <li>significantly improved mobile-friendliness and blind accessibility using standard HTML and CSS</li> + <li>reduced transfer size from 390 kB to 30 kB using aggressive inlining and font subsetting</li> + <li>optimized loading time by minimizing size and reducing round trips using HTTP/2 server push</li> + </ul> + </section> + </div> + <div class="gap noprint"></div> + <h2 class="left" style="font-size: 1.4em">Skills</h2> + <div class="right"> + <p>Alpine, Debian Linux; FreeBSD; Docker; Git; NGINX; WireGuard; TCP/IP; HTTP(S); DNS; SSH</p> + </div> + <h3 class="left">Programming</h3> + <div class="right"> + <p>C; C++; Go; Python; bash, POSIX sh; GNU make; HTML; CSS; JavaScript; SQL</p> + </div> + <script src="resume.js"></script> +</body> +</html> |