Shahar "Dawn" Or

Backend Engineer

https://www.opentalent.in/shahar-dawn-or

Author of the Full Time Nix podcast and The Molybdenum Software Show

Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Key Strengths

Extensive personal project experience, particularly with Nix and Rust.
Demonstrated proficiency in infrastructure-as-code concepts through NixOS configurations.
Experience with tooling development (linters, memoization macros) indicates a strong understanding of language internals and meta-programming.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

The candidate's project portfolio shows a strong inclination towards open-source contributions and tooling development, which could indicate a proactive and collaborative mindset. However, the focus is heavily on Nix and Rust, which might limit immediate cultural fit if the target team's primary tech stack is different. The lack of team-based project experience makes it difficult to fully assess collaboration and broader cultural alignment.

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Insufficient data to assess soft skills or operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback provided.

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Projects

files

June 10, 2025 – Present

In-repository file generation flake-parts module

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dendritic

May 8, 2025 – Present

A Nixpkgs module system usage pattern

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ucodenix

August 5, 2024 – Present

Microcode updates for AMD CPUs on NixOS

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docstra

August 18, 2023 – December 15, 2025

Nix library for authoring documentation

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tesh

November 21, 2022 – February 15, 2025

TEstable SHell sessions in Markdown

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michie

March 16, 2022 – Present

Rust attribute macro that adds memoization to a function (pronounced "Mickey")

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statix

October 24, 2021 – Present

lints and suggestions for the nix programming language

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infra

July 28, 2021 – Present

Shahar "Dawn" Or's Nix-powered "IT infrastructure" repository

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tsconfigs

November 18, 2017 – March 4, 2023

Reusable TypeScript configuration files to extend from.

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eslint-config-love

September 27, 2017 – Present

A TypeScript ESLint config that loves you

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Key Strengths

Extensive personal project experience, particularly with Nix and Rust.
Demonstrated proficiency in infrastructure-as-code concepts through NixOS configurations.
Experience with tooling development (linters, memoization macros) indicates a strong understanding of language internals and meta-programming.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Insufficient data to assess soft skills or operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback provided.

Shahar "Dawn" Or

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit

Top Skills

Skills

Projects

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit