André Kiste
Founder at lurkers.io | Bergice Productions
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolAndré Kiste is a game-focused full-stack engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building multiplayer browser games and SaaS systems, currently running lurkers.io which sustains ~1,000 concurrent users and has been featured on Poki. He’s a versatile contractor who contributed to popular titles like Colonist.io and Modd.io and has deep open-source experience improving core functionality in the well-known SilverStripe CMS. Comfortable across Java, PHP, React/TypeScript, C#/C++ and AWS, he combines backend systems work (Spring Boot, MySQL, DynamoDB) with client-side game frameworks like libGDX and Godot. His background includes scaling cloud SaaS at ezyVet prior to its acquisition and hands-on infrastructure automation with Docker and Vagrant. Based in Auckland as a Norwegian citizen and New Zealand resident, he brings an operator’s mindset to product-led game development, often bridging intricate server logic with engaging multiplayer UX.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Persbråten Videregående SkoleMusic & Production, Music & Production at Skjeberg Folkehøyskole
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Github Skills (19)
cms10
javascript10
database-api10
databases10
php10
database10
back-end-development9
front-end-development9
backend9
react6
api6
lumen6
scene2d6
rest6
libgdx6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
silverstripe/silverstripe-framework
Aug 2018 - Jul 2021
Silverstripe Framework, the MVC framework that powers Silverstripe CMS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 reviews, 67 commits, 64 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:André primarily contributed to the Silverstripe Framework's backend functionality, addressing bugs and implementing new features. Their work included refactoring form scaffolders, fixing issues related to form actions and search components, and porting the "betterbuttons" functionality to the framework. The contributions also included code modifications and improvements to file migration tasks and other functionalities related to file management, reflecting involvement in core framework features.
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silverstripe/silverstripe-cms
Aug 2018 - May 2021
Silverstripe CMS - this is a module for Silverstripe Framework rather than a standalone app. Use https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-installer/ to set this up.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 21 commits, 27 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:André made several contributions related to the CMS frontend and backend functionality. They added configurations to control the visibility of link tracking, implemented warnings and added a new function for the homepage, and updated the CMS frontend to reflect the type of save performed. These changes span both the server-side logic and the user interface, demonstrating a full-stack development focus within the project.
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