Amir Salihefendic
Founder And CEO at Doist
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolAmir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist with 11+ years building simple, productivity-focused software from Barcelona; he blends hands-on engineering with long-term product leadership to create tools that scale for teams and individuals. Trained in computer science at Aarhus University, he began his career developing at the university before launching Doist in 2007 and growing it into a remote-first company known for thoughtful design and engineering discipline. A pragmatic full-stack contributor, Amir has meaningful open-source activity—improving a widely used vimrc and contributing backend fixes and analytics features to Bitmapist—demonstrating attention to developer experience and data-driven product decisions. Born in Bosnia, raised in Denmark, and a father of three, he brings a multicultural perspective and a focus on simplicity that informs Doist’s mission to empower people with powerful yet unobtrusive tools.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer science, Computer science at Aarhus University
Danish, Spanish, Bosnian, English
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Github Skills (20)
text-editor10
python10
redis10
vimscript10
plug10
plugin10
editorconfig10
type-checking8
typehinting8
markdown7
markdown-it7
ui-testing6
abtest6
ab-testing6
unit-testing6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
amix/vimrc
Aug 2016 - Dec 2022
The ultimate Vim configuration (vimrc)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 137 commits, 149 PRs in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Amir primarily focused on enhancing the Vim configuration file (`vimrc`) by adding and configuring various plugins. This included integrating plugins such as `vim-yankstack`, `vim-markdown`, `auto-pairs`, and `lightline-ale`, which improve the Vim user experience. The user also contributed to optimizing the configuration of existing plugins like `vim-multiple-cursors` and addressing reported issues within the repository.
vimvim-pluginvim-scriptneovimvim-configuration
Doist/bitmapist
Jan 2017 - Aug 2022
Powerful analytics and cohort library using Redis bitmaps
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 26 commits, 14 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Amir primarily contributed to the backend of the `bitmapist` project, focusing on cohort analysis functionality and related form rendering. Their work included fixing a cohort averaging calculation, modifying the default number of results, and adding features like the ability to specify a start date for cohort analysis. Additionally, the user improved the project's build process by adding pre-commit checks for code style and type hinting.
analyticsredisbitmapscohort
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