Barış Uşaklı
Co-Founder at NodeBB Inc.
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolBarış Uşaklı is a seasoned programmer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience spanning game and graphics programming, web and server-side development, and database-backed systems. As Co-Founder of NodeBB Inc., he blends product-focused startup experience with deep technical skills across C++, C#, JavaScript/Node.js, Python, and graphics APIs like Direct3D/OpenGL. His background includes performance-critical work on OLPC and MMO projects, shipping client and server SDKs and squeezing real-time apps onto constrained hardware—skills that translate into pragmatic optimization and systems thinking. Trained originally as an architect, he brings a visual and structural design sensibility to software engineering and frequently adopts emerging technologies where they deliver clear value.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
İzmir Özel Türk KolejiB. Arch, Architecture, B. Arch, Architecture at Yeditepe University
English, Turkish
Stackoverflow
13,490reputation
1.1mreached
433answers
33questions
redis
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apache-flex
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actionscript
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javascript
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Github Skills (200)
parser10
postgresql10
saml10
actionscript10
authentication10
websocket10
google-account10
markdown10
rss10
javascript10
broadcasting10
nodebb10
editor10
pushbullet10
socket10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-topic-ratings
Jan 2015 - Oct 2019
This plugin allows users to rate topics in your NodeBB forum.
Contributions:15 commits, 30 pushes, 10 tags in 4 years 9 months
nodebb
barisusakli/simplebudgets
Dec 2024 - Jun 2026
A simple budgeting app built with React
Contributions:51 PRs, 66 pushes in 1 year 6 months
reactbudgetfinance
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