Alexandros Kozák
Open Source Developer at Independent
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlexandros Kozák is an open source developer and web designer based in Berkeley with a decade of experience building command-line utilities, asynchronous prompts, and cross-shell tooling used widely in the Zsh ecosystem (including a directory-jumping plugin with 2,300+ stars). He combines deep classical scholarship—an MA in Ancient Greek and long experience teaching and researching Latin and Greek—with hands-on software engineering and audio restoration, producing digital transfers and comprehensive discographies of British interwar vocalists. Comfortable across back-end shell scripting, web design for niche clients, and performance-optimized plugin internals, he’s known for pragmatic code fixes like special-character path handling and faster database aging in Zsh plugins. Equally at home chanting Byzantine liturgy as a lampadarios and automating developer workflows, he brings a rare blend of humanistic precision and systems-level engineering. His work reflects meticulous attention to archival detail, whether restoring 78 rpm records or streamlining command-line UX.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature, Master of Arts - MA, Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature at University of California, BerkeleyPostgraduate study, Classics, Postgraduate study, Classics at University of CambridgeBachelor of Arts - AB, Classics, Bachelor of Arts - AB, Classics at Harvard UniversityUndergraduate study, Classics (Philosophy minor), Undergraduate study, Classics (Philosophy minor) at Gettysburg College
English, Latin, Greek
Github Skills (5)
command-line-tool10
filesystem10
plug10
zsh10
plugin10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
agkozak/zsh-z
Dec 2018 - Dec 2022
Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:430 commits, 10 PRs, 572 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alexandros primarily contributed to the Zsh-z plugin by implementing and modifying core functionalities of the command-line tool. They focused on enhancing the plugin's ability to jump to recently visited directories, including improvements related to handling special characters in paths and adapting the tab completion system. The user also introduced new features, such as the handling of ZSHZ_MAX_SCORE for faster database entry aging. Finally, the user streamlined core functions to optimize performance.
command-line-tooljumpzsh-plugindirectoriesfilesystem
agkozak/dircolors-zenburn
Sep 2016 - Dec 2024
Zenburn 256 color scheme for the color GNU ls utility.
Contributions:1 PR, 10 pushes, 1 comment in 8 years 4 months
schemecolor-schemegnulsls-colors
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