Benjamin Stigsen
Frontend Developer at NOVAX A/S
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Stigsen is a Frontend Developer and full-stack engineer based in Aarhus with nine years of hands-on experience building web apps, automation tooling, and custom servers. He holds an AP degree in Computer Science and has shipped production features across ASP.NET, TypeScript, Vite, Lit, Go, Python and SQL in both internships and commercial roles. Benjamin contributes to the notable vlang/v project, enhancing the gg graphics library with new shape-drawing functions and performance-focused refactors—an indication of his interest in low-level graphics tooling as well as UI. His background spans client-facing web development, ERP and CMS integrations (Umbraco/Umbraco Commerce), browser automation, and SEO-driven site optimization. Comfortable working end-to-end, he combines pragmatic engineering with a curiosity-driven approach that started at age 14 and still fuels rapid learning of new technologies. He’s now focused on creating team-driven value through maintainable frontend experiences and robust backend tooling.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Computer Science, Associate's degree Computer Science at Erhvervsakademi MidtVestHigh School Diploma Computer Science, High School Diploma Computer Science at Herningsholm Erhvervsskole & Gymnasier
English, Danish
Github Skills (5)
go10
graphic10
programming-language9
compiler-compiler9
compiler9
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
vlang/v
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 13 commits, 19 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily contributed to the `gg` graphics library within the `vlang/v` repository, focusing on implementing new drawing functions and improving existing ones. They added functionalities for drawing various shapes, including triangles, rings, ellipses, and arcs. Moreover, the user refactored and deprecated some older drawing functions while simultaneously fixing existing functions for improved performance.
dependenciesdevelopingzerotranslationcompiled-language
BenStigsen/solaris
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:53 commits, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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