Simon Asika
Founder at LYRASOFT / MegaMount Inc.
Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Summary
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RockstarSimon Asika is a founder and seasoned full-stack software engineer with 13 years of experience, based in Taipei and leading Lyrasoft while authoring the Windwalker Framework. He is an active open-source contributor to Joomla and the Joomla framework, where his work spans backend fixes (PHPUnit, database interactions) to frontend usability improvements like drag-and-drop installation. Simon has a reputation for improving developer ergonomics and code clarity—often refining docblocks and code style as much as feature work—which helps keep large projects maintainable. He bridges entrepreneurial product instincts with hands-on engineering, translating platform needs into pragmatic, well-documented solutions for global developer communities.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (17)
content-management-system10
cms10
javascript10
back-end-development10
joomla10
php10
javascripts10
content-management10
back-end10
backend10
mysql9
ui-d9
ui-design9
css9
front-end-development9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
joomla/joomla-cms
Jan 2014 - Jun 2019
Home of the Joomla! Content Management System
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:86 commits, 28 PRs, 130 comments in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the Joomla! Content Management System by addressing code style issues, fixing bugs related to PHPUnit classes and database interactions, and improving user interface elements. Their work included modifying docblocks for code clarity, implementing style fixes in the registration view, and adding labels and other interface changes to the installer manager and other component views. The user was also responsible for drag-and-drop installation functionality, indicating a focus on both front-end and back-end changes.
cmsmanagement-systemjoomla-extensionsjoomla-componentphp
asika32764/muse
Jan 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:3 releases, 11 commits, 8 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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