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Zach Madsen

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Zach Madsen

Over four months, contributed to dotnet/diagnostics and microsoft/perfview by building diagnostic and profiling features in C#. Developed a diagnostic port option for dotnet-dump, enabling live process attachment and improving runtime observability through command-line interface enhancements and process management. In PerfView, implemented a configurable OS heap profiling cap, allowing users to control resource usage during performance analysis via command-line argument parsing. Addressed symbol resolution accuracy by refining entry point handling and symbol length calculations, resulting in more reliable profiling data. Enhanced tracing workflows on Linux by supporting redirected console I/O, focusing on backend development, debugging, and robust unit testing practices throughout.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

75%Features

Repository Contributions

4Total
Bugs
1
Commits
4
Features
3
Lines of code
965,696
Activity Months4

Work History

May 2026

1 Commits

May 1, 2026

In May 2026, delivered a critical PerfView fix to improve entry point handling and symbol resolution accuracy. The change enables <module!_start> as a valid top frame and adjusts symbol length calculations to correctly handle addresses at symbol boundaries, significantly improving performance-analysis accuracy. Commit: 2f3a0016fc369ba623e15c8dfb086ff4a48a36ac. Overall impact: more reliable call stacks and CPU-sample attribution, accelerating performance triage and debugging.

March 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 performance summary: Implemented Redirected Console I/O Handling for Tracing in dotnet/diagnostics, delivering robust support for redirected input/output on Linux. This feature stabilizes tracing workflows (dotnet-trace collect) when console I/O is redirected, aligns with existing tracing patterns, and reduces runtime exceptions, delivering business value through higher reliability and improved developer productivity.

April 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 monthly summary for microsoft/perfview. Focused on delivering a configurable OS heap profiling cap to improve resource control and profiling reliability across sessions.

March 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025: Delivered a new diagnostic port feature for dotnet-dump enabling attaching to running processes via a specified diagnostic port, with changes in Dumper.cs and Program.cs and repository visibility updated to internal-visible-to. This enables faster live-debugging and reduces incident response time, strengthening runtime observability and troubleshooting capabilities for .NET applications. No major bugs fixed this month; efforts focused on feature delivery, code visibility, and reliability.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness90.0%
Maintainability85.0%
Architecture85.0%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage25.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C#

Technical Skills

C#C# developmentCommand-line Interface (CLI)Command-line argument parsingDebugging ToolsPerformance profilingProcess ManagementSystem monitoringbackend developmentdebuggingperformance analysissymbol resolutionunit testing

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

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

dotnet/diagnostics

Mar 2025 Mar 2026
2 Months active

Languages Used

C#

Technical Skills

Command-line Interface (CLI)Debugging ToolsProcess ManagementC#backend developmentunit testing

microsoft/perfview

Apr 2025 May 2026
2 Months active

Languages Used

C#

Technical Skills

Command-line argument parsingPerformance profilingSystem monitoringC# developmentdebuggingperformance analysis