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Charlie Denton

Worked on the semgrep/semgrep repository to address a performance reporting issue in the CLI tool. Focused on improving the accuracy of the slowest rules report by changing its sorting logic from alphabetical to runtime-based, ensuring that developers and security teams can more reliably identify genuine performance bottlenecks. Utilized Python for CLI development and applied targeted bug fixing techniques, validating the update with existing tests to minimize risk and maintain compatibility with the --time flag. Demonstrated attention to detail in debugging and performance analysis, delivering a precise, low-risk change that enhances the reliability of performance triage for end users.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

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Repository Contributions

1Total
Bugs
1
Commits
1
Features
0
Lines of code
6
Activity Months1

Work History

June 2025

1 Commits

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025: targeted bug fix in semgrep/semgrep CLI performance reporting. Replaced alphabetical sorting of the slowest rules report with runtime-based sorting to ensure accurate identification of genuine performance bottlenecks. The change keeps --time flag behavior intact and was validated with existing tests to minimize risk. This upgrade improves triage efficiency and reliability for developers and security teams.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability100.0%
Architecture100.0%
Performance100.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

Python

Technical Skills

Bug FixingCLI Development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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semgrep/semgrep

Jun 2025 Jun 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

Python

Technical Skills

Bug FixingCLI Development