Systems programmer and compiler engineer focused on programming language semantics, intermediate representations, low-latency execution runtimes, and compile-time memory safety without garbage collection.
- Language Design & Semantics: Creator and lead architect of Datara (
.dtr). Developed an affine ownership model that eliminates runtime GC pauses and manual lifetime annotations through lexical scoping and formal static proofs. - Compiler Pipelines & SSA IR: Architected the
forgenmulti-backend compiler pipeline. Built SSA-based intermediate representations (DMIR) with formal optimization passes including SROA (Scalar Replacement of Aggregates), Mem2Reg, Bound-Check Elimination (BCE), and Common Subexpression Elimination (CSE). - Dual Execution Engines: Integrated Cranelift for sub-50ms instant JIT developer feedback alongside LLVM AOT (
-O3 -flto) for peak vectorized machine code execution and WebAssembly for sandboxed runtimes. - Modern Tooling & Language Infrastructure: Extensive engineering experience across TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js runtimes — authoring language tooling, AST parsers, TextMate grammar specifications, and LSP infrastructure.
- Cryptographic Security & Package Ecosystems: Designed Sparks, an Ed25519-signed decentralized package manager with capability-guarded sidecars (
.capabilities.json) preventing supply-chain attacks.
| Project | Architecture & Role | Stack | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datara Compiler | Author & Lead Architect • Deterministic systems language compiler with affine memory model and dual Cranelift/LLVM backends | Rust, Cranelift, LLVM, C++ | datara-lang/datara |
| Sparks Registry | Author & Architect • Decentralized, Ed25519-signed capability-native package management infrastructure | Python, Cryptography, Rust | datara-lang/sparks |
| Datara Grammar | Author & Maintainer • TextMate syntax specification and grammar definitions for VS Code and GitHub Linguist | TypeScript, JSON, TextMate | datara-lang/datara-grammar |
Maintained by waters1ze • Creator and Lead Architect of the Datara Language Project

