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Hello, my name is Filipe Laíns and I am an open source developer from Portugal.

I enjoy designing clean and correct solutions to software problems, and I am interested in electro-metrology, semiconductor manufacturing, and nuclear physics, however I don't have any formal education in electrical engineering or the physics fields.

There are several programming languages I am proficient at, but the main are C and Python.

Over the years, I've contributed to several open source projects and eventually gained maintainership of some of them. In addition to this, I have also authored a few popular projects, and contributed to a lot of other projects.

You can find the full list on my Github Profile, but here are some of the most relevant projects I maintain:

Python
Python is one of the most popular programming languages. I maintain the sysconfig and importlib modules, and help out on miscellaneous stuff when I can.
Arch Linux
A popular Linux distribution, where I am a packager. You can find a list of the packages I maintain on the package search page.
libratbag
A DBus daemon to configure input peripherals (eg. mice, keyboards, etc.) on Linux.
pypa/build
A Python package builder which implements PEP 517. The project is currently under the umbrella of the Python Packaging Authority.
pyproject-metadata
A Python package that implements the parsing of PEP 621 metadata.
openinput
A project that provides open source firmware, open hardware, and a open protocol, for input devices (eg. mice, keyboards, etc.).

And some of the most relevant projects I have contributed to:

Linux
Linux is one of the most popular operating system kernels. I have contributed, and actively review patches, to several device drivers in the USB HID subsystem.
Wireshark
Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. I have contributed the initial USB HID report parser code.
Meson
Meson is a very popular build system. I worked on support for the D language and improving introspection metadata.
meson-python
A popular Python build backend that enables users to use Meson to build Python packages. The project is currently under the umbrella of the Meson project. I was the main author of the project, but have since stepped down as a maintainer.

If you want to find out more about my work, and what I've been up to lately, please check my Github profile.

In case you want to support my work, I have a Github sponsors page.