Dean Turpin - Senior Integration Software Engineer | Team lead
- Languages: C++23, Python, Bash, Go; OOP, Functional
- Design: Multithreading, Data Structures, Algorithms, low-latency
- Build: VS Code, QtCreator, Visual Studio, GNU Make, CMake, Ninja, Copilot
- Source control: Git, Subversion
- CI/CD: GitLab, GitHub, Docker, Google Cloud, Jenkins
- API: CryptoCompare, MarketStack, OpenAI, gSOAP, REST, FIX
- UI: Qt, JUCE, MFC
- Unit test/profiling: Google Benchmark, Google Test, gprof, regex
- Networking: Wireshark, libpcap, Asterisk, OSI (TCP/UDP)
- CPU: Intel, ARM, SPARC
- OS: Ubuntu, macOS, Alpine, Unix (Solaris), VxWorks
- Database: PostgreSQL, MariaDB
- Documentation: MkDocs, Doxygen, Mermaid, Confluence, LaTeX, pandoc
- Audio/Video: Logic, Audacity, SIP, PCM, XMPP, ONVIF
- Productivity: Agile, Jira, Slack, Mentor
- Education: Computer Science BSc. 2:2 from Manchester University
C++ experience and side-projects
Commercially I develop using C++17, so I feel it is important to explore the latest C++ features in my personal projects. I track the latest Ubuntu Docker image in my CI pipes and I publish a nightly Docker build of gcc HEAD built from source.
Projects cover subjects such as PCAP processing, audio analysis, trading strategy backtesting and OpenAI. I believe a solid foundation in ubiquitous languages such as Bash and Python is essential in CI and cloud computing; I have an interest in a more functional approach offered by compile-time programming; and I consider profiling and benchmarking an integral and continuous part of the development process for low-latency applications.
Top level domains
Current tech stack
[Refreshed 2025-03-20]
C++26, Ubuntu 25.04, macOS 15.3.2, g++ 15, clang++ 19, clang-format, docker 28.0.1, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Qt 5.15.2, Wirehshark 4.4.1, bash 5.2, vim, pjsip 2.14, VS Code, CMake 3.31.6, Linux kernel 6.11.0, Darwin kernel 23.4, Copilot, Python 3.13.2, Logic Pro 11.1.2, rekordbox 7.0.7, Asterisk 22.2.0,
Skills timeline
Influential technology
Technologies that have had a positive, lasting impact on me as a developer.
- 2025: ghostty, FastHosts VPS
- 2024: gcc/clang from source, C++ modules,
constexpr
cmath, Dev Containers, Codespaces, ChatGPT voice, -Wnrvo - 2023: Google Benchmark, Haskell, ChatGPT, AVX, Copilot, OpenSCAD
- 2022: SIP, GitBook, Compiler Explorer (on prem), GitLab (on prem), GitLab service desk, git worktrees, FIX,
constexpr
(for UB), GoogleTest, VS Code web IDE - 2021:
std::format
, TMP, C++20 ranges and views (lazy evaluation) - 2020: Blender, Media servers, ZeroMQ, Tracy profiler, Raspberry Pi
- 2019: Cloud computing, R/notebooks, GitLab, Hugo
- 2018: Docker
- 2017: Cryptocurrency, blockchain
- 2016: C++1z
- 2015: git, GitHub
- Rendered with ♥ on Thu Mar 20 20:02:35 UTC 2025 by an Ubuntu 9 (stretch) VM
- Last commit message "Minor change (reword)"
- Quote of the day "Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better - Edsger W. Dijkstra"