Emil Madsen
Open source Software Developer

About

Core memory programmer with a tiny magnetized needle and a steady hand. - No cat or butterflies required.
Passionate about open source software. - We must write the story of our future, for we are human. Passionate about the web. - The oracle, the book that never runs out of pages, and the window into a million different rooms all at once.
I've lived the lives of all the characters in all my books, and all their mighty wisdom thunders in my head.
Lazy, despise hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!
Not every change is an improvement but every improvement is a change; you can't do anything BETTER unless you can manage to do it DIFFERENTLY.
I'm an expert and that’s a good thing, because that means I'll only spend six hours figuring out what went wrong, as opposed to losing my job.

ERROR: Attempted to parse HTML with regular expression; system returned Cthulhu.

Work Experience

Projects

• smem-prometheus-exporter: Prometheus exporter for shared shared memory metrics via smem. Shared memory details are picked up from the /proc filesystem and processed. Written in Python.
• Wemos D1 Mini HLK PM01 Shield: Mains to 5V for the shield for the Wemos D1 Mini via the HLK PM01 module. Developed with KiCad.
• Tracesaver: Realtime tracking of connections, and plotting of GeoIP positions acquired via traceroute. Written in Node.js.
• FPGA Pong: Developed a single-player pong game using Altera Lite 16.0 (Quartus) for the MAX II EPM570T100C5. Written in Verilog.
• calltraits: Small library that for static reflection queries on function types in C++ . Written in C++.
• Units of Measure: Proof of concept library that implements dimensional analysis via compiler-generated argument-dependent types in C++ templates. Written in C++.
• IRC Flipdot @ OSAA: Program for connecting to #osaa on Freenode and forward messages to the Flipdot display at the hackerspace. Written in C++.
• 'A 3D printer for the whole family' - Sculpto: 'A 3D printer for the whole family' aka. Sculpto(tm) er et CPD (Collaborative product development) imellem Sculpto IVS og IOMOSS ApS. Med missionen om, at skabe rammerne omkring børns innovative og kreative udfoldelses-muligheder ved, at gøre 3D teknologi tilgængelig for børn over hele verden. Den 22. november 2015 blev Sculptos Kickstarter kampagne succesfuldt finansieret med 177 % -svarende til 266.820 kroner (122 backers). - Kickstarten kan findes her: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1884651444/sculpto-a-toy-from-the-future May 2015 blev Sculptos forretningskoncept præsenteret af de tre CO-foundere af Sculpto i tv-programmet Løvens Hule på DR1. Deltagelsen medførte et investeringstilbud på 600.000 kroner for 40 % ejerskab i virksomheden. Tilbuddet, som blev fremsat af Birgit Aaby og Tommy Ahlers blev afslået, med et modbud. Der blev ikke fortaget nogen investering. - Indslaget kan ses her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Be-Lm9Dcr0 October 2015 blev Sculpto og IOMOSS med det fælles project optaget i SVAAs vækstprogram (Studentervæksthus Aarhus)
• HearthstoneBot: Co-developed a bot for the Blizzards card-game Hearthstone. Did not figure out licensing in time, and was threatened with legal action by Bossland GmbH, who claimed to own 'BotOfStone' and parts of the code utilized by HearthstoneBot as a co-developer sold their source. BotOfStone has since been taken down via legal action from Blizzards. Written in C#, and scripting in Lua.
• Poker Bot: Rudimentary poker bot for the PokerStars windows client. Written before I had only knowledge in computer vision. Written in Java.
• Operating System: Developed an operating system for x86, complete with filesystem, libc, timers, character devices, paging, video output, human input devices, multitasking, tests and initfs. Written in C++ and x86 assembly.
• World of Warcraft Addon: Developed various plugins for Blizzards World of Warcraft. Totaling between 500.000 and 1.000.000 total downloads across all addons, plugins and versions. Written in Lua.
• joos2compiler: Joos-2 (Java Subset) compiler front-end written in boost::spirit. Written in C++.

Education

• 2014 2017

  Aarhus University

  Master’s Degree

  Computer Science

  Grade: 8.2

• 2010 2014

  Aarhus University

  Bachelor's degree

  Computer Science

  Grade: 8.2

• 2007 2010

  Silkeborg Teknisk Gymnasium

  High School

  Biochemistry programme

  Grade: 9.5

  Courses

  • Danish A
  • Chemistry A
  • Mathematics A
  • Technology, Design and Production A
  • Biology B
  • English B
  • Physics B
  • Social Studies B
  • Technology B
  • Communication / IT B
  • Programming C
  • History of Technology C
• 1997 2007

  Mølleskolen

  Primary / Elementary school

  FSA

  Grade: 10.2

Skills

Publications

References

I've had the pleasure of working with Emil for a couple of years at Magenta. Emil is one of the most knowledgeable and efficient people I've ever worked with, and he was often one of my go-to people when having to discuss new technologies or come up with new ideas. The speed at which he picks up new concepts and technologies is inspiring, and coupled with a great sense of humor I would absolutely recommend working with him.

I've had the pleasure of working with Emil for a year at Magenta ApS in the OS2mo development team. Emil is a skilled software architect and developer with a keen sense for details. I have valued his input and sparring highly - it has made me a better software developer. Moreover, Emil is sociable with a great sense of humour. Any team should count themselves lucky to have him included. :)

I have recently had the pleasure of working together with Emil for almost 5 years. Emil is a very thorough and competent developer. He has a very high level of general knowledge within many different areas of the IT world. He is very systematic in his approach and never afraid to explore new and difficult areas. He is excellent at explaining complicated stuff and put it into the right perspective. On top of this, he is very helpful and cooperative and has a great sense of humor.

Emil is a great developer to work with. He has great insight and interest in open source software and is always ready to take on new challenges. Discussions on issues always end in pragmatic solutions that are coded quickly and efficiently. His general knowledge about nerdy things is amazing and combined with his easy going personality makes him a treasured colleague.

Emil is a highly skilled software developer and programmer. I find him an absolute joy to work with and is astoundingly fast in picking up new information and figuring out how to utilise and implement those into whatever he is working on. He is the best software developer I know and I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a highly skilled person for complex projects.