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Marc Hermans

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Marc Hermans

Worked on the neoforged/NeoForge repository, focusing on backend development and build automation to enhance mod loader stability and developer experience. Delivered features such as user development configuration management, simplifying dependency handling by introducing new configuration records and updating build scripts. Addressed artifact integrity by ensuring joined patches use clean jars, improving reproducibility and reliability across environments. Improved CI/CD pipelines by adding a binary patch feature flag, accelerating artifact creation and deployment. Fixed bugs related to test server shutdown and artifact generation, using Java, JUnit, and configuration management skills to increase test stability, streamline builds, and support smoother release cycles.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

40%Features

Repository Contributions

5Total
Bugs
3
Commits
5
Features
2
Lines of code
29
Activity Months4

Work History

December 2025

1 Commits

Dec 1, 2025

December 2025 - NeoForge focus on artifact integrity and patch reliability. Implemented Artifact Integrity Enhancement for Joined Patch Generation by using a clean jar as the base, improving artifact integrity and reproducibility. This fix is linked to commit b333f6afea7f82e5059f2094ab45c6ebc22d2b46 (#2849).

November 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025: Delivered reliability improvements for NeoForge test server lifecycle and introduced CI/CD artifact efficiency enhancements. Focused on EphemeralTestServerProvider shutdown cleanup and a binary patch feature flag to accelerate artifact creation, delivering value across test stability and pipeline performance.

October 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025 monthly summary for neoforged/NeoForge focusing on feature delivery and UX improvements to development configuration management.

January 2025

1 Commits

Jan 1, 2025

January 2025 monthly summary for neoforged/NeoForge: Delivered a targeted dependency update for FML 6.0.6, isolating changes to a single configuration file to minimize risk and maintain downstream compatibility. The update addresses bug fixes and small improvements in FML, enhancing overall stability for mod loading.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness96.0%
Maintainability92.0%
Architecture92.0%
Performance92.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

JavaProperties

Technical Skills

Build AutomationBuild ManagementBuild Script DevelopmentCI/CDConfiguration ManagementJUnitJavaPlugin DevelopmentTest Automationbackend development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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neoforged/NeoForge

Jan 2025 Dec 2025
4 Months active

Languages Used

PropertiesJava

Technical Skills

Build ManagementBuild Script DevelopmentConfiguration ManagementCI/CDJUnitJava