Brian Popow
Softwareentwickler at botspot 3D Scan GmbH
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolBrian Popow is a Berlin-based software developer with eight years of professional experience and a strong track record in image processing and back-end engineering. As maintainer of ImageSharp and active member of SixLabors, he contributes deep expertise in cross-platform 2D graphics, compression formats, and encoding/decoding performance. His open-source work includes improving WebP options, JPEG/PNG pipelines, and practical fixes for ZXing.Net to enhance barcode image rendering and color handling. Professionally he’s moved from co-founding Derixx to senior engineering at nyris and today develops software for botspot 3D Scan GmbH, blending startup experience with production-grade reliability. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic test automation and performance-focused improvements that quietly boost image quality and throughput. He combines an engineer’s attention to low-level image details with an entrepreneur’s sense for shipping robust features.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Technische Universität Berlin
Github Skills (13)
net10
asp-net10
webp10
jpeg10
dotnet10
csharp10
png10
image-processing10
dotnet-core10
test-automation10
imagesharp10
code-library9
lib9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SixLabors/ImageSharp
Apr 2018 - Jan 2023
:camera: A modern, cross-platform, 2D Graphics library for .NET
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:316 reviews, 2107 commits, 274 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to improving the performance and reliability of the sixlabors/imagesharp repository. They added specific webp compression options and also implemented various tests, demonstrating knowledge of the image processing libraries and the underlying compression algorithms. These changes included improvements for the JPEG/PNG encoding and decoding, further improving image quality and performance of the project.
bmpvulkancamerac-sharpjpeg
micjahn/ZXing.Net
Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
.Net port of the original java-based barcode reader and generator library zxing
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 3 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the .NET port of the zxing barcode library. Their work involved updating dependencies like ImageSharp, fixing a null exception in the data matrix reader, and modifying the image rendering logic. The user implemented features to use white for foreground and black for background colors and allowed the user to set foreground and background colors. These changes improved the library's functionality and image rendering capabilities.
pdf417zxing-libraryupcbarcode-readerreader
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