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Hello, again

I codify contracts between systems for a living, in Rust and Python. I once spent five years chasing where the antimatter went.

Senior software engineer at PactFlow (SmartBear). I help lead the open-source Pact Foundation and maintainpact-python; I also wrote tikz-feynman,rust-skiplist, and more.

Previously: data and cloud engineering at KPMG, and doctoral research in theoretical particle physics.

The year in code

5273 commits, 820 PRs, and 278 issues across 39 repositories.

Nov 2025 — Nov 2026
Most of what I make is open. Each square below is one day of my GitHub contributions over the past year.

Latest commits

JP-Ellis/dotfilesfeat(zsh): alias find to bfs5d
JP-Ellis/dotfilesfix(syncthing): keep the Claude process registry local1w
JP-Ellis/dotfilesfix(syncthing): keep Claude bridge pointers local1w
JP-Ellis/rust-skiplistdocs: add 2.0.1 performance highlights1w
JP-Ellis/rust-skiplisttest: trim slow tests under Miri2w
JP-Ellis/rust-skiplistrefactor: keep the concat bookkeeping in one place2w

Latest issues & PRs

refined-github/refined-github[issue · open]
`dim-bots` breaks bot rows in the compact PR list23h
evosec/keycloak-ipaddress-authenticator[PR · open]
Default trusted-proxies-count when the config omits it1d
evosec/keycloak-ipaddress-authenticator[issue · open]
Login fails with NumberFormatException when `trusted-proxies-count` is absent from the config1d
pactflow/openapi-pact-comparator[PR · open]
feat: report wrong-type path parameters distinctly4d

Selected projects

pact-pythonOSS · libraryPython bindings for Pact, rebuilt over a Rust FFI core. Downloaded over 1.3 million times a month.↗ github
tikz-feynmanOSS · LaTeXA LaTeX package for typesetting Feynman diagrams with TikZ; adopted across particle physics with 400+ academic citations.↗ github
rust-skiplistOSS · libraryA skip list for Rust.↗ github
↗ All projects