Alexander Medvednikov
Developer at vlang.io
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Alexander Medvednikov is a developer with 11 years of experience and the author of the V programming language, now based in Amsterdam. He builds fast, maintainable systems across the stack—from low-level OS kernel work and database/ORM improvements to polished cross-platform UIs and a sub-1s compiling text editor with hardware-accelerated rendering. His career spans startups and large platforms (Booking.com, HousingAnywhere) and includes pragmatic language- and tool-building focused on performance and simplicity. Notably, he contributes core enhancements to V itself (parser, codegen, SQL/ORM) while also shipping user-facing projects like ved and Gitly, demonstrating fluency in both back-end systems and front-end UX. Collectedly, his work reflects a rare combination of language design, systems programming, and practical application delivery.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of ManitobaBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Groningen
English, Russian, Dutch
Github Skills (32)
editors10
vlang10
git10
text-editor10
freetype10
back-end-development10
user-interface10
os-development10
ui-design10
editor10
osdev10
kernel10
orm10
front-end-development10
kernel-mode10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
vlang/gitly
Jun 2020 - Sep 2022
Light and fast GitHub/GitLab alternative written in V
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 reviews, 93 commits, 199 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Alexander contributed to multiple aspects of the Gitly project, demonstrating a full-stack development skillset. They implemented basic setup tasks, including the creation of a `.gitignore` file and a `run.sh` script. Additionally, the user made minor updates to the README and implemented changes to the header and tree templates, indicating involvement in UI/UX and frontend development. The user also made back-end improvements such as running `vfmt` on all files (except repo_db.v), and adding a new repo page.
gitlablight
vlang/ved
Feb 2019 - Jan 2023
1 MB text editor written in V with hardware accelerated text rendering. Compiles in <1s.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 231 commits, 82 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `ved` text editor. They implemented features and fixed bugs related to core functionality, specifically focusing on integrating and improving the FreeType library for text rendering, and updating save functionality. Further contributions include modifying the UI and codebase for better usability.
acceleratedrenderingtext-renderinghardwaretext-editor
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