Carlos Tojal is a software engineer with 7 years of experience specializing in aerial robotics and full-stack development, based in Ílhavo, Portugal. He combines hands-on coding with practical event organization expertise gained from planning and staffing numerous community and large-scale events. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced user interaction and media-preview features for the nodetube YouTube-alternative project, including implementing unreact functionality and thumbnail duration displays. His background in professional event organization informs a detail-oriented approach to product usability and real-world testing. Comfortable across front-end and back-end concerns, he focuses on making complex systems more intuitive and reliable. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, adaptable, and skilled at turning operational experience into robust software features.
7 years of coding experience
12º, Técnico Profissional de Organizador de Eventos, 12º, Técnico Profissional de Organizador de Eventos at Escola Profissional de Aveiro
Open-source YouTube alternative that offers video, audio and image uploads, livestreaming and built-in monetization
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:41 commits, 26 PRs, 18 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Carlos primarily focused on enhancing the application's features, particularly concerning user reactions (like/dislike) and thumbnail display of video/audio duration. They implemented the "unreact" functionality to remove reactions. In addition, the user addressed bugs related to incorrect removal of reacts. Furthermore, the user updated the media browsing section to display file durations in thumbnails.
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