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Hello, again

I codify contracts between systems for a living, in Rust and Python; and once spent a decade chasing where the antimatter went.

Senior software engineer at PactFlow (SmartBear). Open source contributor to pact-python,tikz-feynman, rust-skiplist, and more.

Previously: data and cloud engineering at KPMG, and a PhD in theoretical particle physics.

The year in code

3769 commits, 511 PRs, and 189 issues across 35 repositories.

Sep 2025 — Sep 2026
Most of what I make is open. The grid below is the truthful version of a résumé — public, dated, and dense in the parts where I was paying attention.

Latest commits

JP-Ellis/borrow-checkerdocs: list the four newer account subcommands1d
JP-Ellis/borrow-checkerdocs: list the hard errors that actually exist1d
JP-Ellis/borrow-checkertest(bc-cli): pin the zero-count warnings header1d
JP-Ellis/borrow-checkerfix(bc-cli): give account-state errors exit codes1d
JP-Ellis/borrow-checkerrefactor(bc-core): name cascade and descendants1d
JP-Ellis/borrow-checkerfix(bc-core): key commodity warnings by code too1d

Latest issues & PRs

JP-Ellis/dotfiles[PR · merged]
fix(zsh): restore history search under vi keybindings6h
JP-Ellis/borrow-checker[PR · merged]
docs: correct two claims #485 outdated1d
JP-Ellis/borrow-checker[issue · open]
opened_on has no event-log provenance1d
JP-Ellis/borrow-checker[PR · merged]
feat: enforce account write-time checks1d
Selected projects
pact-pythonOSS · libraryPython bindings for Pact, rebuilt over a Rust FFI core. The version most pact-python users actually reach for.↗ github
tikz-feynmanOSS · LaTeXA LaTeX package for typesetting Feynman diagrams with TikZ; adopted across particle physics with 400+ academic citations.↗ github
rust-skiplistOSS · librarySkiplist data structure implementation in Rust.↗ github
↗ All projects