Ben Villalobos
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RockstarBen Villalobos is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with 12 years of experience building back-end systems and developer tooling. He contributes to the high-profile dotnet/msbuild project, adding core build features—string manipulation helpers, expression parser enhancements, and UNC/drive validation tests—that improve .NET build automation and reliability. Based in Los Angeles and a CSUN computer science graduate, he pairs production engineering with a commitment to mentorship, actively helping future developers learn to code via resources like vscodeedu.com. Known for pragmatic, test-backed fixes, he focuses on reducing developer friction in build and automation workflows.
12 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (13)
text-manipulation10
strings10
csharp10
msbuild10
dotnet-core10
build-automation9
unit-testing9
dotnet8
net8
aspnet8
regular-expressions7
regular-expression7
xml6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/msbuild
Feb 2019 - Dec 2022
The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:745 reviews, 298 commits, 440 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) by adding new features and improving existing ones. They implemented new functions for string manipulation like `IndexOfAny`, `LastIndexOf`, and `Copy`. Additionally, the user enhanced the expression parser by adding support for new methods and version parsing. Furthermore, they contributed to automation and build process by implementing and maintaining UNC and drive pattern validations and tests.
dotnetbuild-enginesqfmsbuildcsharp
BenVillalobos/BenVillalobos.github.io
Oct 2016 - Sep 2021
Contributions:113 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
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