Benedek Fazekas
Consultant at JUXT (juxt.pro)
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBenedek Fazekas is a consultant and seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building and modernizing web and middleware systems across Europe, now based in London. He brings deep backend expertise in Clojure and Java, having contributed to prominent open-source Clojure tooling such as clj-kondo and CIDER where he improved static analysis, refactoring features, and developer workflow reliability. His career spans roles from hands-on developer to technical lead and architect for complex projects in industries like media, telecom and aviation, delivering production systems with Spring, JSF, Hibernate and modern web stacks. At JUXT he participates in a network of Clojure experts, blending consultancy with continued OSS contributions that show both code-quality focus and cross-platform troubleshooting (including Windows process handling). Known for pragmatic refactors and improving developer ergonomics, he combines legacy-system modernization experience with a knack for static-analysis driven tooling. Colleagues would describe him as a technically curious problem solver who quietly improves developer experience and long-lived codebases.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (21)
static-analysis10
clojure-cli10
cider10
testing10
leiningen10
re-frame10
emacs-lisp10
clojure10
cl10
emacs10
build-automation10
nrepl10
linter10
refactoring10
ert10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
clojure-emacs/clj-refactor.el
Feb 2014 - Mar 2018
A CIDER extension that provides powerful commands for refactoring Clojure code.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:140 commits, 40 PRs, 157 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Benedek's contributions primarily revolved around refactoring and improving the clj-refactor.el file, a CIDER extension for refactoring Clojure code. They focused on cleaning up code, simplifying logic, and renaming functions to enhance readability and maintainability. Furthermore, the user introduced and refined features such as "replace refer all," ensuring the codebase's overall quality and functionality. This includes integrating code that enhances functionalities associated with clj-refactor's primary purpose.
refactoringsnreplcideremacsrefactoring
clojure-emacs/cider-nrepl
Apr 2015 - Jan 2021
A collection of nREPL middleware to enhance Clojure editors with common functionality like definition lookup, code completion, etc.
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:13 commits, 7 PRs, 27 pushes in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Benedek primarily contributed to the build and dependency management aspects of the `cider-nrepl` project, focusing on the integration of `mranderson`. Their work involved upgrading `mranderson` versions, adjusting configurations for compatibility, and filtering out specific prefixes to ensure proper namespace handling. They also added test selector support and made changes to project files to streamline dependency inlining and project configuration.
nreplcidercode-completionnrepl-middlewareenhance
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