Afonso Franco
Software Developer at Accenture Portugal
Braga, Portugal
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Top SchoolAfonso Franco is a software developer based in Braga, Portugal, with six years of professional experience and a master's in Computer Software Engineering from Universidade do Minho. He combines back-end passion with practical front-end work, contributing notable open-source improvements such as Haskell execution support for an Obsidian plugin and UX refinements for the privacy-focused Zen Browser. Currently at Accenture Portugal, Afonso brings hands-on full-stack craftsmanship—integrating language runtimes and polishing UI behaviors—to consulting and product projects. His contributions reveal a curiosity for language tooling and developer workflows not obvious from job titles alone, and a habit of shipping focused, user-centered enhancements across both desktop and plugin ecosystems.
6 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Universidade do Minho
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Github Skills (15)
plugin-development10
typescript10
javascript10
webextension10
typescripts10
firefox10
firefox-addon10
obsidian10
haskell10
firefox-webextension10
typescript-types10
plugin10
browser-extension10
css9
notepad8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
twibiral/obsidian-execute-code
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
Obsidian Plugin to execute code in a note.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Afonso primarily contributed to extending the functionality of the Obsidian plugin to support code execution in the Haskell language. They added Haskell support, including the integration of Ghci and runghc for executing code snippets. Further contributions included adding support for Ghci arguments and enhancing settings, as well as integrating general code injection for languages.
code-golfjavascriptobsidian-mdmathematicamojo
zen-browser/desktop
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
A calmer internet, without any gimmicks.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 10 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Afonso primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the Zen Browser, specifically implementing features related to the compact mode. Their work included adding a preference to control sidebar behavior on hover, modifying the appearance of the toolbar and sidebar, and incorporating window buttons. These modifications aimed to refine the user experience and provide more customization options.
firefoxfirefox-basedfirefox-browserzen-browser
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