Akos Balasko
Senior Software Developer at IBM
Budapest, Hungary
Summary
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Top SchoolAkos Balasko is a Senior Software Developer based in Budapest with 9 years of professional software engineering experience and a longer history in research-driven workflow systems. He has held multiple roles at IBM, progressing from Web and BPM developer to senior developer, and spent time as a full-stack developer for VOIZ hangoskönyvtár, demonstrating strength across front-end and back-end systems. Akos contributes to open source—most notably introducing TypeScript and advanced note conversion features to the yarle Evernote-to-Markdown converter—showing attention to tooling, data fidelity, and usability. His background includes a PhD-level grounding in mathematics and computer science and a decade at MTA SZTAKI building workflow management for scientific applications, reflecting a blend of rigorous research and production software delivery. Colleagues would describe him as a practical problem-solver who brings academic depth to real-world engineering challenges and improves developer experience through careful refactoring and feature-driven enhancements.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
high school graduate, high school graduate at Illyés Gyula Secondary Grammar SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics and Computer Science at Eötvös Loránd UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Systems and Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Systems and Software Engineering at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
English
Github Skills (6)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
refactoring10
refactor10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
akosbalasko/yarle
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Yarle - The ultimate converter of Evernote notes to Markdown
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 releases, 48 reviews, 651 commits in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Akos introduced TypeScript into the project, refactoring the code base. They implemented several features related to note conversion, including table and code block support, and incorporated features for handling nested tags. Furthermore, the user added support for external URLs and improved the handling of image sizes, contributing to the overall usability of the application.
notesenex-fileszero-installevernotemetadata
akosbalasko/couchmigrate
Apr 2018 - Jul 2022
CouchDB command-line design document migration tool
Contributions:6 PRs, 28 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 3 months
migration-tooldesign-documentdatabasemigrationcouchdb
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