Ben Bucksch
Founder And CEO at Parula
Germany
Summary
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RockstarBen Bucksch is a seasoned software architect and founder with 18 years building consumer-facing desktop and internet applications, including significant contributions to Firefox and Thunderbird. He leads Beonex GmbH and Parula, focusing on secure, privacy-minded email and client software that has reached millions of users. Known for turning entrenched problems into maintainable, user-friendly systems, he has driven large rewrites and designed end-to-end architectures from UI flows to backend protocols. His work at TomTom scaled a product tenfold and his Mozilla experience includes inventing automatic account setup and core IMAP/SMTP authentication logic. Based in Germany, he combines hands-on implementation with long-term product stewardship and a track record of shipping software that balances correctness, security, and delightful UX.
18 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (200)
text-to-speech10
perl10
svg10
3d10
web-development10
thunderbird10
pkg10
firefox10
html10
dkim10
imap10
envelope10
nodejs10
augmented-reality10
css10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
benbucksch/eu-vat-rates
May 2021 - Nov 2022
Super simple static JSON file to grab VAT rates for all EU Member States.
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 5 months
ratesjson-filegrabvatmember
mustang-im/mustang
Apr 2017 - Jul 2026
Parula - New full-featured desktop email, chat and video conference client
Contributions:4 releases, 697 reviews, 380 PRs in 9 years 4 months
e-mailemailimapdesktopmail
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