simulationcraft/simc
Oct 2024 – Oct 2025
13 Months active
Languages Used
C++SimCsimcPython
Technical Skills
C++Game DevelopmentSimulationAction Priority List (APL) LogicClass BalancingSimulation Programming
Khazak
PROFILE
Khazak
Joe Sommer developed and maintained core Death Knight simulation features for the simulationcraft/simc repository over 13 months, delivering 48 features and 44 bug fixes. He engineered robust Action Priority List logic and optimized rotation systems, focusing on Frost specialization accuracy and reliability. Using C++ and Python, Joe implemented new abilities, refined buff and debuff mechanics, and ensured correct talent and gear interactions across multiple patch cycles. His work included deep debugging, code refactoring, and data-driven profile updates, resulting in more realistic DPS projections and stable simulation outputs. Joe’s contributions improved simulation fidelity, maintainability, and user trust in the tool.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
52%Features
Repository Contributions
133Total
Bugs
44
Commits
133
Features
48
Lines of code
5,233
Activity Months13
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36 peopleWork History
October 2025
3 Commits
Oct 1, 2025For 2025-10, delivered targeted stability and accuracy improvements for the Death Knight rotation in simulationcraft/simc. The focus was on resolving edge-case bugs and ensuring correct timing and rescheduling of buffs, which directly improves DPS accuracy and user trust in the simulator.
3 Commits
Oct 1, 2025For 2025-10, delivered targeted stability and accuracy improvements for the Death Knight rotation in simulationcraft/simc. The focus was on resolving edge-case bugs and ensuring correct timing and rescheduling of buffs, which directly improves DPS accuracy and user trust in the simulator.
October 2025
September 2025
2 Commits
Sep 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-09 focusing on stability and correctness in the Death Knight spell system within simulationcraft/simc. Reverted the Exterminate ICD after balance/testing concerns, restoring the spell behavior to its pre-change state. The rollback preserved gameplay balance and reduced risk in the patch cycle, while maintaining simulation fidelity and performance. Demonstrated strong version control, task tracking, and collaboration with QA to ensure no regressions.
September 2025
2 Commits
Sep 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-09 focusing on stability and correctness in the Death Knight spell system within simulationcraft/simc. Reverted the Exterminate ICD after balance/testing concerns, restoring the spell behavior to its pre-change state. The rollback preserved gameplay balance and reduced risk in the patch cycle, while maintaining simulation fidelity and performance. Demonstrated strong version control, task tracking, and collaboration with QA to ensure no regressions.
August 2025
24 Commits • 6 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc (Frost DK focus). Delivered a robust Frost APL core and Frost-specific features, introduced profile-driven customization, and implemented a new synergy between Raise Dead and Blizzard cooldowns. Simultaneously stabilized rotation logic, fixed critical edge cases, and reduced crashes, enabling more reliable simulations and faster tuning. Key initiatives included: (1) Core Frost APL established with initial implementation and targeted optimizations to improve rotation fidelity; (2) Raise Dead as Frost synergy with Blizzard cooldowns enabling new tactical timing and rhythm; (3) Frost Profiles introduced to configure Frost behaviors with safeguards around cross-profile naming; (4) Frost DK trinket/4pc optimization with APL hygiene improvements; (5) removal of runic power override for Frost Strike to restore standard power generation, reducing complexity.
24 Commits • 6 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc (Frost DK focus). Delivered a robust Frost APL core and Frost-specific features, introduced profile-driven customization, and implemented a new synergy between Raise Dead and Blizzard cooldowns. Simultaneously stabilized rotation logic, fixed critical edge cases, and reduced crashes, enabling more reliable simulations and faster tuning. Key initiatives included: (1) Core Frost APL established with initial implementation and targeted optimizations to improve rotation fidelity; (2) Raise Dead as Frost synergy with Blizzard cooldowns enabling new tactical timing and rhythm; (3) Frost Profiles introduced to configure Frost behaviors with safeguards around cross-profile naming; (4) Frost DK trinket/4pc optimization with APL hygiene improvements; (5) removal of runic power override for Frost Strike to restore standard power generation, reducing complexity.
August 2025
July 2025
28 Commits • 5 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 (2025-07) monthly summary for the simulationcraft/simc project focused on Death Knight interactions, feature delivery, and stabilization that improve rotation accuracy, trigger interactions, and edge-case robustness for a more reliable DPS model.
July 2025
28 Commits • 5 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 (2025-07) monthly summary for the simulationcraft/simc project focused on Death Knight interactions, feature delivery, and stabilization that improve rotation accuracy, trigger interactions, and edge-case robustness for a more reliable DPS model.
June 2025
42 Commits • 27 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 performance summary for repository simulationcraft/simc. Focused on expanding and stabilizing the Death Knight Frost kit while improving telemetry and PTR readiness. Delivered a robust set of Frost DK features, refined core mechanics, and hardened reporting to enable accurate performance simulations. Achieved notable bug fixes and data integrity improvements, resulting in clearer business value and improved developer confidence in releases.
42 Commits • 27 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 performance summary for repository simulationcraft/simc. Focused on expanding and stabilizing the Death Knight Frost kit while improving telemetry and PTR readiness. Delivered a robust set of Frost DK features, refined core mechanics, and hardened reporting to enable accurate performance simulations. Achieved notable bug fixes and data integrity improvements, resulting in clearer business value and improved developer confidence in releases.
June 2025
May 2025
10 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for simc (simulationcraft/simc): Focused on Frost Death Knight tuning and Frost DK simulation data/profile maintenance to keep the project aligned with current gear bonuses and chart generation defaults. Delivered key enhancements and fixed critical correctness issues impacting DPS accuracy and rotation efficiency.
May 2025
10 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for simc (simulationcraft/simc): Focused on Frost Death Knight tuning and Frost DK simulation data/profile maintenance to keep the project aligned with current gear bonuses and chart generation defaults. Delivered key enhancements and fixed critical correctness issues impacting DPS accuracy and rotation efficiency.
April 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 (2025-04) monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc. Focused on delivering maintainable, high-value DK rotations, cleaning deprecated settings, and stabilizing core DK mechanics. Key outcomes include refactored Blood DK APL into sub-APLs for better organization and extensibility; removal of deprecated keystone options; and targeted fixes to DK proc and melee classification to ensure accurate behavior in simulations. These changes improve rotation accuracy, reduce technical debt, and accelerate future content adaptation.
5 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 (2025-04) monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc. Focused on delivering maintainable, high-value DK rotations, cleaning deprecated settings, and stabilizing core DK mechanics. Key outcomes include refactored Blood DK APL into sub-APLs for better organization and extensibility; removal of deprecated keystone options; and targeted fixes to DK proc and melee classification to ensure accurate behavior in simulations. These changes improve rotation accuracy, reduce technical debt, and accelerate future content adaptation.
April 2025
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 (simulationcraft/simc): Delivered Frost Death Knight balance tuning for the TWW2 configuration, nerfing Skippers and updating Frost DK talent and gear profiles to align with the new balance. Changes are recorded in commit a4eea3d81405404f19cb01096edeaf4a05fbca39. No major bugs fixed this month. Overall impact: improved balance fidelity and realism of DK DPS simulations, enabling more reliable gear/talent recommendations and faster patch-cycle readiness. Technologies demonstrated: SimulationCraft configuration management, version-controlled balancing changes, and impact-aware adjustments across talents, gear, and DPS profiles. Business value: faster, more accurate decision making for players and teams preparing for balance patches.
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 (simulationcraft/simc): Delivered Frost Death Knight balance tuning for the TWW2 configuration, nerfing Skippers and updating Frost DK talent and gear profiles to align with the new balance. Changes are recorded in commit a4eea3d81405404f19cb01096edeaf4a05fbca39. No major bugs fixed this month. Overall impact: improved balance fidelity and realism of DK DPS simulations, enabling more reliable gear/talent recommendations and faster patch-cycle readiness. Technologies demonstrated: SimulationCraft configuration management, version-controlled balancing changes, and impact-aware adjustments across talents, gear, and DPS profiles. Business value: faster, more accurate decision making for players and teams preparing for balance patches.
February 2025
10 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc: Delivered Frost DK rotation optimization driven by Pillar of Frost, including a new main-hand action when Pillar is active or the fight nears end, and refined DPS with double on-use trinkets. Also tuned Frost DK profile for the TWW2 expansion with updated itemization and talent configurations. Implemented critical bug fixes to CI logic, event timing, and combat-state handling, enhancing reliability of simulations.
10 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc: Delivered Frost DK rotation optimization driven by Pillar of Frost, including a new main-hand action when Pillar is active or the fight nears end, and refined DPS with double on-use trinkets. Also tuned Frost DK profile for the TWW2 expansion with updated itemization and talent configurations. Implemented critical bug fixes to CI logic, event timing, and combat-state handling, enhancing reliability of simulations.
February 2025
January 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 performance summary for simulationcraft/simc: Focused on Death Knight simulation fidelity and bug fixes. Delivered Killing Machine timing accuracy improvements and fixed a Frost APL typo affecting second-trinket logic. These changes enhance live-log alignment, rotation accuracy, and reliability of DK DPS predictions, strengthening user trust and decision-making for gear and talent choices.
January 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 performance summary for simulationcraft/simc: Focused on Death Knight simulation fidelity and bug fixes. Delivered Killing Machine timing accuracy improvements and fixed a Frost APL typo affecting second-trinket logic. These changes enhance live-log alignment, rotation accuracy, and reliability of DK DPS predictions, strengthening user trust and decision-making for gear and talent choices.
December 2024
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc Frost DK work: delivered bug fix and profile updates aligning with patch 11.0.7 and TWW1 expansion; improved simulation accuracy and readiness; Git-driven changes with clear commits.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for simulationcraft/simc Frost DK work: delivered bug fix and profile updates aligning with patch 11.0.7 and TWW1 expansion; improved simulation accuracy and readiness; Git-driven changes with clear commits.
December 2024
November 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024: Delivered targeted DK improvements in simulationcraft/simc to enhance DPS accuracy and reliability. Fixed Enduring Chill talent proc so it no longer procs in single-target encounters, ensuring correct procs across all combat scenarios and reducing DPS estimation errors. Introduced BoS-aware Frost Fever control in the Death Knight APL, enabling Frost Fever maintenance decisions to account for Breath of Sindragosa buffs/status, improving rotation reliability and target tracking. These changes strengthen the DK simulation model and provide more accurate, dependable guidance for players and analysts.
November 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024: Delivered targeted DK improvements in simulationcraft/simc to enhance DPS accuracy and reliability. Fixed Enduring Chill talent proc so it no longer procs in single-target encounters, ensuring correct procs across all combat scenarios and reducing DPS estimation errors. Introduced BoS-aware Frost Fever control in the Death Knight APL, enabling Frost Fever maintenance decisions to account for Breath of Sindragosa buffs/status, improving rotation reliability and target tracking. These changes strengthen the DK simulation model and provide more accurate, dependable guidance for players and analysts.
October 2024
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2024Month: 2024-10 — Focused on improving reliability and correctness of frost DK rotation in simc. Key deliverable: corrected Soul Reaper usage conditions in the Frost Death Knight APL, ensuring activation aligns with Pillar of Frost and other interactions, improving rotation efficiency and damage consistency. No new features released this month; all efforts targeted bug fixes to maintain quality and performance. Impact: improved rotation reliability and DPS consistency across frost DK scenarios, reduced edge-case misfires in Soul Reaper usage, and enhanced usefulness of SimC for tuning and balance work. Technologies/skills demonstrated: in-depth APL debugging, conditional logic refinement, careful change impact analysis, and robust commit-traceable fixes.
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2024Month: 2024-10 — Focused on improving reliability and correctness of frost DK rotation in simc. Key deliverable: corrected Soul Reaper usage conditions in the Frost Death Knight APL, ensuring activation aligns with Pillar of Frost and other interactions, improving rotation efficiency and damage consistency. No new features released this month; all efforts targeted bug fixes to maintain quality and performance. Impact: improved rotation reliability and DPS consistency across frost DK scenarios, reduced edge-case misfires in Soul Reaper usage, and enhanced usefulness of SimC for tuning and balance work. Technologies/skills demonstrated: in-depth APL debugging, conditional logic refinement, careful change impact analysis, and robust commit-traceable fixes.
October 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness87.6%
Maintainability87.6%
Architecture86.4%
Performance83.6%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C++PythonSimCsimc
Technical Skills
Ability ImplementationAbility SystemAction Priority List (APL) DesignAction Priority List (APL) LogicAction Priority List (APL) OptimizationAction Priority Lists (APL)Backend DevelopmentBuff ManagementBuff/Debuff SystemsBug FixBug FixingC++C++ DevelopmentCallback FunctionsCharacter Build Configuration
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