Alain Lafon
Abbot Lambda Zen Temple
Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolAlain Lafon is a Swiss software leader and founder with 15 years of experience blending hands-on engineering and product leadership as CEO of 200ok GmbH and co-founder of QuickShift. He pairs practical full-stack expertise—particularly in web technologies and front-end reliability work demonstrated in projects like org-web—with a track record of shipping algorithmic products and advising students as a former ZHAW lecturer. As abbot of Lambda Zen Temple he brings a rare combination of contemplative leadership and software craftsmanship, nurturing both developer communities and end-user products. His career spans CTO and senior engineering roles where he introduced test-driven practices and modern tooling, and he actively contributes to open-source projects while running a boutique team skilled across dozens of technologies.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Fachhochschule Stuttgart - Hochschule für TechnikZHAW School of Engineering
English, German
Stackoverflow
1,690reputation
143kreached
27answers
5questions
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
testing10
jes10
enzyme-testing10
jestjs10
enzyme10
react10
org-mode9
emacs8
redux8
elisp6
pathogen6
ruby-on-rails6
clojurescript6
poltergeist6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
DanielDe/org-web
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
org-mode on the web, built with React, optimized for mobile, synced with Dropbox and Google Drive
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 13 PRs, 22 comments in 8 days
Contributions summary:Alain focused on improving the testing infrastructure and resolving parsing issues within the `org-web` repository. They addressed test failures by updating snapshots, adjusting test stores, and disabling problematic tests. Further contributions included writing tests to expose and address indentation problems related to parsing org files. The user also implemented features to improve the user experience, such as pulling the latest file when the app tab becomes visible.
dropboxmobileorg-modereactemacs
200ok-ch/voice_vault
Apr 2023 - Apr 2026
voice_vault enables you to record and archive all your meetings and conversations with ease. Later, search through them with lightning speed using full-text search.
Contributions:3 PRs, 5 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years
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