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* Usually known as Eddy (also aliased as [[User:Eddy]]). | * Usually known as Eddy (also aliased as [[User:Eddy]]). | ||
* Started as a developer at Qt in 2015/September, in the Oslo office. | * Started as a developer at Qt in 2015/September, in the Oslo office of TQtC. | ||
** In the Core and Networking team. | ** In the Oslo Foundations (Core and Networking) team. | ||
** | ** Maintainer of Q(Date|Time)+, QTimeZone, QCalendar, QLocale, QCollator. | ||
** Default assignee for the above, plus XML and related parts of core. | |||
** Dabbled in qmake, qdoc and a few other stray corners. | |||
** Fairly [https://codereview.qt-project.org#/q/reviewer:"Edward+Welbourne+%253Cedward.welbourne%2540qt.io%253E",n,z active on Gerrit], keeping reviews moving forward. | ** Fairly [https://codereview.qt-project.org#/q/reviewer:"Edward+Welbourne+%253Cedward.welbourne%2540qt.io%253E",n,z active on Gerrit], keeping reviews moving forward. | ||
* [http://www.chaos.org.uk/~eddy/cv/ Online CV] | * [http://www.chaos.org.uk/~eddy/cv/ Online CV] | ||
* [http://www.chaos.org.uk/~eddy/ Own web-site] (mostly mathematics and physics) | * [http://www.chaos.org.uk/~eddy/ Own web-site] (mostly mathematics and physics) | ||
* [https://github.com/ediosyncratic On GitHub] (some python and | * [https://github.com/ediosyncratic On GitHub] (some python of my own, toys and work-related things) | ||
Before having anything to do with dates, times or time-zones, I recommend any developer to attend to [https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY | Before having anything to do with dates, times or time-zones, I recommend any developer to attend to [https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY Tom Scott]. He gets a few details a bit off, but has the basic story spot on. | ||
It may all seem simple at first, but you'll soon enough wish you had delegated it all to someone else's library instead of re-inventing the wheel. | |||
Latest revision as of 11:40, 11 September 2024
- Usually known as Eddy (also aliased as User:Eddy).
- Started as a developer at Qt in 2015/September, in the Oslo office of TQtC.
- In the Oslo Foundations (Core and Networking) team.
- Maintainer of Q(Date|Time)+, QTimeZone, QCalendar, QLocale, QCollator.
- Default assignee for the above, plus XML and related parts of core.
- Dabbled in qmake, qdoc and a few other stray corners.
- Fairly active on Gerrit, keeping reviews moving forward.
- Online CV
- Own web-site (mostly mathematics and physics)
- On GitHub (some python of my own, toys and work-related things)
Before having anything to do with dates, times or time-zones, I recommend any developer to attend to Tom Scott. He gets a few details a bit off, but has the basic story spot on. It may all seem simple at first, but you'll soon enough wish you had delegated it all to someone else's library instead of re-inventing the wheel.