Benjamin Rau
Software Builder at Alice and the Builders GmbH
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Summary
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SeniorBenjamin Rau is a seasoned software builder with 13 years of hands-on and leadership experience, currently simplifying warehousing through automation and digital packaging at Alice and the Builders in Innsbruck. He blends CTO-level strategic thinking with deep backend craftsmanship, especially in PHP, Symfony and more recently Jakarta EE. Benjamin is an active open-source contributor to the TYPO3 ecosystem, improving core Fluid ViewHelpers and file handling in well-used extensions like flux and vhs. His background spans retail, FMCG and warehousing, giving him domain-savvy pragmatism when turning complex operational needs into maintainable software. Outside work he balances code with long roadbike rides, a habit that mirrors his preference for steady, iterative progress.
13 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (10)
fluid10
debug10
cms10
php10
view-helpers10
typo3-cms-extension10
typo310
file-handling9
phpunit5
git3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
FluidTYPO3/vhs
Apr 2013 - Sep 2014
TYPO3 extension VHS: Fluid ViewHelpers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily focused on bug fixes and feature enhancements related to the VHS Fluid ViewHelpers within the TYPO3 CMS environment. Their contributions involved modifying existing ViewHelpers such as `SortViewHelper`, `PrependViewHelper`, and `AppendViewHelper`, and they introduced a new `ChunkViewHelper`. They also addressed issues related to file path resolution and improved documentation. The commits demonstrate a good understanding of Fluid and the TYPO3 CMS extension development.
fluidtypo3-cms-extensionphptyposcripttypo3-cms
FluidTYPO3/flux
Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
TYPO3 extension Flux: Dynamic Fluid FlexForms
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 comment in 1 month
Contributions summary:Benjamin appears to be focused on maintaining and improving the Flux extension for TYPO3. Their contributions involve updating the extension's core functionality, specifically related to how it handles content positioning. They added documentation and examples on how to retrieve file references using ViewHelpers. The user also incorporated the ability to use the `foreignTypes` argument within the inline.fal ViewHelper, enhancing the extension's file handling capabilities.
fluidtypo3-cms-extensionrectortypo3flux
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