Christophe Bliard
Software Engineer at OpenProject | open source project management software
Besançon, Bourgogne – Franche-Comté, France
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Top SchoolChristophe Bliard is a seasoned software engineer with 19 years of experience, currently contributing to the OpenProject open-source project from Besançon, France. He specializes in backend development and automation, with notable contributions to well-known projects like cucumber-ruby—where he improved report publishing and security—and OpenProject, where he refined date handling and UI-facing backend logic. Christophe favors user-centric, outcome-driven product development and cultivates psychological safety and fun within remote, diverse teams. Trained in computer networking and computer science, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with a pragmatic focus on continuous discovery and measurable impact.
19 years of coding experience
Engineer, Computer science, Engineer, Computer science at UTBMDUT, Computer networking, DUT, Computer networking at Université Savoie Mont Blanc
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cucumber10
command-line-interface10
ruby10
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command-line10
logging10
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cli10
rubygems9
javascript9
java9
loops9
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Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
opf/openproject
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
OpenProject is the leading open source project management software.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 1008 reviews, 707 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Christophe's commits primarily focused on improving the functionality and user experience of OpenProject. They introduced new helper functions, refined column types, and modified various components, particularly related to the date picker, to enhance the presentation of data. Furthermore, the user addressed issues in the calendar and work package interfaces by making adjustments to date handling and displaying data in the UI correctly.
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cucumber/cucumber-ruby
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
Cucumber for Ruby. It's amazing!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 36 commits, 4 PRs in 24 days
Contributions summary:Christophe primarily focused on enhancing the reporting and publishing capabilities of the Cucumber-Ruby project. They implemented features for publishing reports to a reporting service, including adding command-line options, environment variables, and configurations to facilitate report sharing. Furthermore, the user integrated authentication mechanisms for secure report publishing and improved the overall user experience by refining banner messages and options. The commits also involved the refactoring of the publishing mechanism and incorporating automated tests.
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