Last updated: 2025-05-31. The permanent address of this page: https://iki.fi/joel.yliluoma/cv.html
PERSONAL
| Name | Joel YLILUOMA |
|---|---|
| Birthyear | 1978 |
| Internet | https://iki.fi/bisqwit/, lDEjoTyCel.c3iylijluoema@2mikixyY.fi |
WORK AND EDUCATION HISTORY
POSITIONS OF TRUST
| 2024–25 | Deputy member of the City council in Kerava |
| 2024 | Deputy member of the board in Keravan Perussuomalaiset ry |
| 2021–25 | Deputy member of the Education committee in Kerava |
| 2022 | Deputy member of Election committee in Kerava |
| 2020–22 | Member of the board in Keravan Perussuomalaiset ry |
| 2019 | Member of Election committee in Kerava (parliament elections & EU elections) |
| 2019–20 | Member of the board in Skrolli ry |
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Languages
| Finnish | native | CEFR-C2 |
|---|---|---|
| English | fluent (written and spoken) | CEFR-C2 |
| Swedish | basic | CEFR-B1 (2022) |
| Japanese | beginner | JLPT 4-kyū (pre-2010), ~CEFR-A1 |
| Hebrew | beginner |
TEACHING
- Teacher assistant at University of Helsinki courses on databases, data structures and algorithms, 2022–2025.
- Teacher of Israeli folk dance: regular weekly courses since 2013, biweekly since 2016 except 2022—2023.
- Content creator on YouTube since 2011: teaching about tech topics, linguistics and various other.
- Subject-teacher experience indicated in the work history graph above.
COMPUTER SKILLS
I am an experienced programmer in a multitude of programming languages
and a few microcontroller platforms, such as AVR, PIC, 6502, and Z80,
and I have twenty years of experience of using relational databases
such as MySQL in commercial products.
I also enjoy reading source code, and take pride in being good at that.
I particularly enjoy C++, and like to keep up to date with the newest standards.
Some other keywords that define my expertise:
C, git, gcc, bash, nasm, ffmpeg, clang, Linux, Debian, xterm, MCU, hex editor, reverse engineering, x86, 6502, asm, concurrency.
I devote much of my free time to developing and exploring software and software technologies,
especially free software (as in libre).
MAJOR PROJECTS
- A system for RS485-linked embedded measurement devices communicating over a single time-constrained LoRa link, with automatic endpoint negotiation.
- Two multilanguage web dictionary suites for different companies, developed at W3 Group Finland. Technologies involved: databases, character set conversions, analytics, security.
- A database browser with a textmode windowing UI for DOS. (Licensed by Osarsoft Consulting Oy)
- Online Japanese-English dictionary application with many kanji-related tools. (own project): https://iki.fi/bisqwit/japtools/
- Several unlicensed legacy video game “fan-translation” projects, which have involved 1000—30000 lines of text per game, and thousands of lines of new assembler code for purposes such as grammatical inflection, custom cutscenes, data compression/decompression, and optimization. See more at: https://iki.fi/bisqwit/gametrans.html
- An multilanguage online members directory software. Developed at W3 Group Finland. Has been used by several large organizations in Finland, including 4H and Rotary.
- Founder of the online community TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), a wiki/forums/directory web-site specializing in tool-assisted speedruns of video games. I hand-coded and maintained the site from 2003 through 2009. It is currently the world’s largest directory of tool-assisted speedruns, universally recognized in the speedrun community.
- YouTube channel “Bisqwit”. I create and publish programming and technology videos on my free time. Topics include 3D engine design, embedded system/video game console emulators, technology studies etc.
REFERENCES
- Try a Google-search either for “bisqwit” (my online alias) or “joel yliluoma”
- The YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/Bisqwit/videos
- The personal website, https://iki.fi/joel.yliluoma/