Dag Vikan
Trondheim Area, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolDag Vikan is a web-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience and a master's in computer science from NTNU, based in Trondheim, Norway. He specializes in backend web development, particularly PHP and HTML parsing, and has contributed practical bug fixes to the well-known RSS-Bridge project to keep feeds working despite changing source site structures. Driven by a long-term goal to master web development—believing the browser will be the future platform—he combines hands-on maintenance skills with a pragmatic understanding of APIs and content parsing. Colleagues describe him as dependable at rescuing broken integrations and keeping systems resilient as source sites evolve.
11 years of coding experience
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
English
Github Skills (6)
apim10
rss10
php10
api10
html-parsing10
phpunit6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
The RSS feed for websites missing it
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 217 reviews, 257 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Dag primarily contributed to bug fixes for various RSS-Bridge plugins, focusing on adapting the bridges to changes in source websites' HTML structure and API. Their work involved modifying PHP code to correctly parse titles, remove unwanted text, and repair broken bridges. They demonstrated a proficiency in PHP, HTML parsing, and understanding API integrations within the context of RSS feed generation.
json-feedrssrss-bridgeunlicenserss-reader
dvikan/blog
Oct 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years 3 months
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