Daniel Strøm
Technical Lead at World of Potter
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Strøm is a Technical Lead based in Copenhagen with two decades of software development experience and 14 years in professional roles, specializing in PHP architecture and large-scale web platforms. He runs and architects a long-running multilingual text-based RPG platform with over 10,000 monthly active users, handling full-stack development, CI/CD, server ops (Ubuntu, Nginx, MySQL), and observability with Prometheus/Grafana. A prolific contributor to Zend Framework projects, he has improved authentication, routing and form systems through bug fixes, refactors and tests, demonstrating strong backend craftsmanship and attention to reliability. He has led teams and shaped technical direction across consultancies and startups, blending hands-on coding with sales-facing workshops, event-storming, and developer onboarding. Notably comfortable with diverse stacks—Node.js, Go, Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS Lambda/SQS and Kubernetes—he prefers pragmatic, maintainable solutions informed by long-term product ownership.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Student, Math, Physichs, Danish, English, Technology, Student, Math, Physichs, Danish, English, Technology at Higher Technical ExamÅgerup folkeskole
Danish, English, German
Github Skills (14)
user-management10
url-routing10
user-authentication10
git-repository10
php10
authentication10
zend-framework10
repos10
testing10
configuration-file9
unit-testing9
configurations9
configuration-management9
validators7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
ZF-Commons/ZfcUser
Feb 2012 - Jan 2019
A generic user registration and authentication module for ZF2. Supports Zend\Db and Doctrine2. (Formerly EdpUser)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 209 commits, 49 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Daniel contributed to the ZfcUser module, focusing on enhancing user registration and authentication features. They made registration configurable by enabling/disabling it through a module configuration setting. The commits also fixed login redirect bugs and added tests for existing code, improving code quality and reliability. The user's work primarily involved modifying controller logic and configuration files within the ZfcUser module.
zendzf2phpauthenticationregistration
zendframework/zendframework
Feb 2012 - Apr 2014
Official Zend Framework repository
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 3 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the Zend Framework by fixing bugs, adding unit tests, and refactoring code related to routing, form element management, and validation. They addressed issues in the `Mvc` and `Router` components, improving functionality and resolving edge cases. Furthermore, the user made changes to the `FormElementManager`, enhancing its initialization process and related functionalities.
zendzend-frameworkphpframeworkmodular
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