Max Glass is a software engineer with seven years of experience building backend systems and language tooling, currently a CS student at Northwestern and an incoming software engineer intern at Optiver in New York. He combines quantitative trading internships at IMC and Elequin with hands-on open-source systems work — notably contributions to SerenityOS’s Jakt language parser, where he fixed infinite-loop bugs, correctly parsed function calls and added PreIncrement and new-keyword support. A Rust enthusiast and pragmatic JavaScript apologist, he has taught as a Northwestern TA and leads the Northwestern Fintech Club as president. He brings a rare mix of low-level parser/debugging chops and trading-domain experience, focused on shipping robust, performance-sensitive code.
Contributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 7 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Max primarily contributed to the Jakt programming language parser, focusing on improving its robustness and functionality. Their work included fixing infinite loop issues, correctly parsing function calls, and handling new keywords like `Some` and `mut`. The user also added support for the `PreIncrement` operator, expanding the language's features. The contributions involved direct modifications to the parser, impacting core language behavior.
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