Dean Turpin — Senior Software Engineer

Senior software engineer with 24 years of commercial experience. Motivated self-learner; advocate of modern C++, Linux, knowledge sharing and Agile.

• Languages: C++20, STL, Bash, Python, OOP, Functional
• Build: QtCreator, Visual Studio, GNU Make, CMake, Ninja, clang-format
• Dev: Agile, Jira, Slack, security clearance
• CI: GitLab, Jenkins, unit testing
• Config control: Git, Gerrit, Subversion
• Networking: TCP/UDP, OSI, Wireshark, tcpdump
• Platforms: Linux, ARM, Windows 11
• Cloud: Google Cloud, Cloudflare
• Graphics: Qt, JUCE, MFC
• Design: Data structures, algorithms, multithreading
• Documentation: Doxygen, Mermaid, Jupyter, Hugo, GitBook, Confluence
• Protocols: XMPP, SIP, gSOAP
• Audio: PCM, SIP

C++ experience and side-projects

Commercially I develop using C++14/17, so I maintain various side-projects on GitLab to explore C++20/23 features that can't be used at work. These projects cover topics such as audio processing, trading strategy back-testing and Companies House analysis.

I'm an advocate of ad-hoc scripting for rapid development of ideas, and I believe a solid foundation in a ubiquitous language such as Bash is essential in CI and cloud computing. I also have an interest in a more functional approach to programming offered by template metaprogramming and languages such as Haskell.

• Online logbook: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/deanturpin
• Text-based command-line graph plotter: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/xy
• Companies House plotter: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/companies-house-plotter
• UK COVID-19 reports: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/covid
• Curated list of quotations: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/quotations
• Exploring new C++ features: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/cpp
• Architectural Blender renders: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/renderghost
• Tone generator: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/tony
• Skills timeline generator: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/skills
• tracehost: network plotter: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/tracehost
• Static website generator: https://gitlab.com/deanturpin/markdown-with-css
• GCC trunks build

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Toolbox

• Day: C++17, GitLab, Qt, SIP, XMPP, ninja, clang-format, Ubuntu 20.04, Wirehshark, g++-9, python 3.8.10, bash, DBeaver, vi
• By night: C++2b, Google Cloud, gcc 11, clang 14, Linux kernel 5.15, Ubuntu 22.04, Companies House API, Blender 3.1.2

Skills timeline

Influential technology

• 2022: SIP, GitBook, Compiler Explorer (on prem with custom libs), GitLab (on prem), LLVM Sanitizer
• 2021: std::format, TMP, C++20 ranges and views (lazy evaluation)
• 2020: Blender, Media servers, GPUs, ZeroMQ, Tracy profiler
• 2019: Cloud computing, R/notebooks, GitLab, Hugo
• 2018: Docker
• 2017: Cryptocurrency, blockchain
• 2016: C++1z
• 2015: git, GitHub

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