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I work on lots of free software projects, usually related to Linux, POSIX, C, systems, and graphics.
My values include:
- Portability to the relevant standards (POSIX, ISO C, ...)
- Simplicity, meaning code that is easy for someone unfamiliar to understand and make changes, without dependencies that don't have this property.
- Correctness and robustness.
- Fixing problems at the source, rather than working around them, even if it means more work.
- Licensing software so anyone can use it for any purpose (i.e. MIT/BSD/ISC).
My current projects include:
- samurai: a small reimplementation of the ninja build tool in C for POSIX systems.
- sbase: I am the maintainer of this collection of portable UNIX tools.
- cproc: a C11 compiler aiming to build a large amount of code found in the wild.
- oasis: a linux distribution, probably more similar to a BSD, that combines a bunch of light-weight software alternatives into a complete system.
- libtls-bearssl: an implementation of libtls using BearSSL
- swc: a small wayland compositor framework, much lighter on code and dependencies compared to the alternatives.
- velox: a dwm clone built on top of swc
I also contribute to a variety of other projects including qbe, musl, and many others.
My work on oasis also has many further reaching effects. I regularly send patches to essential linux system software to ensure that they follow the relevant standards and work with alternative implementations of tools and libraries. Examples:
- Changed some linux kernel build scripts to use more portable shell scripts and tool invocations.
- Changed objtool, used in the linux kernel build, to support linking with libelf from elftoolchain.
- Added support for BearSSL to curl.
- Countless patches to many other projects fixing ISO C conformance issues.
Featured work
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michaelforney/samurai
ninja-compatible build tool written in C
C 844 -
michaelforney/cproc
C11 compiler (mirror)
C 738 -
oasislinux/oasis
a small statically-linked linux system
Roff 2,832 -
michaelforney/sbase
Portable UNIX tools (personal repository)
C 59 -
michaelforney/swc
a library for making a simple Wayland compositor
C 632 -
michaelforney/libtls-bearssl
libtls implemented on top of BearSSL
C 39