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Simon Hartcher

Simon Hartcher contributed to the ScoopInstaller ecosystem by delivering packaging, update, and automation improvements across the Main, Versions, and Extras repositories. He enhanced nightly build reliability for Zed by standardizing version formats, refining regex-based version detection, and implementing JSONPath extraction for accurate tag parsing. Simon addressed autoupdate failures by updating distribution URLs and integrating hash-based verification, ensuring smoother CI/CD and reducing user disruptions. His work involved PowerShell scripting, JSON manipulation, and version control, demonstrating a strong grasp of DevOps and package management. These changes improved update integrity, streamlined maintenance, and increased the stability of Windows software distribution pipelines.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

44%Features

Repository Contributions

12Total
Bugs
5
Commits
12
Features
4
Lines of code
268
Activity Months4

Work History

January 2026

2 Commits

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 monthly summary for ScoopInstaller/Versions focused on stabilizing nightly release versioning and hardening the auto-update flow. Key fixes ensured correct nightly builds are detected and delivered by aligning with upstream tagging and data formats, reducing user-facing update failures. The work also introduced precise tag extraction via JSONPath to avoid false positives from timestamps, and updated autoupdate URLs to reference the actual version, improving reliability and maintainability.

June 2025

1 Commits

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025: Delivered a critical autoupdate fix for Zed in ScoopInstaller/Extras, upgrading to Zed v0.190.6 to restore reliable autoupdates. The fix reduces user disruption, shortens release cycles, and improves customer satisfaction by ensuring updates apply automatically as intended.

April 2025

4 Commits • 2 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 monthly summary: Delivered packaging and distribution improvements across ScoopInstaller/Versions and ScoopInstaller/Extras to enhance reliability, automation, and update integrity. In Versions, standardized nightly version formats for zed-nightly and zed-opengl-nightly, migrated nightly distributions to ZIP, and enabled hash-based autoupdates. Also fixed version parsing with a regex correction to improve nightly identification. In Extras, updated distribution download URLs and added a hash autoupdate URL to ensure correct, verifiable downloads for zed and zed-opengl. These changes reduce update failures, streamline maintenance, and strengthen CI/CD and end-user trust across the ecosystem.

March 2025

5 Commits • 2 Features

Mar 1, 2025

Concise monthly summary for 2025-03 focusing on core features delivered, major fixes, and overall impact across ScoopInstaller/Main, ScoopInstaller/Versions, and ScoopInstaller/Extras. Emphasizes business value and technical achievements with clear, delivered outcomes.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness91.6%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture83.4%
Performance81.6%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

JSONPowerShellRegexShell

Technical Skills

API integrationBuild SystemsBuild ToolsDevOpsJSON manipulationPackage ManagementRegular ExpressionsScriptingShell ScriptingSoftware UpdatesVersion ControlVersion Managementregexversion control

Repositories Contributed To

3 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

ScoopInstaller/Versions

Mar 2025 Jan 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

PowerShellRegexShellJSON

Technical Skills

DevOpsPackage ManagementScriptingVersion ControlRegular ExpressionsVersion Management

ScoopInstaller/Extras

Mar 2025 Jun 2025
3 Months active

Languages Used

Shell

Technical Skills

Build SystemsPackage ManagementDevOpsSoftware Updates

ScoopInstaller/Main

Mar 2025 Mar 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

Shell

Technical Skills

Build ToolsShell Scripting