Dave Hrdlicka
Founder at Czechdave Consulting
Prague Metropolitan Area Czechia
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Top SchoolDave Hrdlicka is a versatile software leader and founder with 11 years of experience building scalable web and backend systems from prototype to acquisition. As the first full-time engineer at Golden he bootstrapped a Postgres/Django/React product that helped secure $5M seed funding and contributed to growth through Series B and eventual acquisition. He combines hands-on engineering across Python, TypeScript, Solidity, AWS and Terraform with team leadership and mentorship, emphasizing maintainability and operational scalability. His background includes high-throughput systems work at Heyzap/Fyber and contributions to notable open-source projects like the 86Box emulator, where he improved performance and UX. Based in Prague, he now runs Czechdave Consulting, helping teams build reliable APIs and cloud infrastructure while continuing to learn emerging technologies. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, curious, and focused on turning complex problems into practical, production-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Engineering at Czech Technical University in PragueBachelor's degree, Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Engineering at Kansas State University
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Github Skills (9)
c-programming10
emulation10
device-emulation10
ws-api9
winapi9
wp-api9
resource-management8
debugging7
debug7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
86Box/86Box
Jun 2016 - Dec 2022
Emulator of x86-based machines.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 52 reviews, 417 commits in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Dave made multiple commits focused on improving the emulator's functionality and fixing bugs. Their work included fixing a mouse cursor issue, disabling multiselect in the settings, adding missing mouse macros, and fixing a dropdown menu. The user also merged code from a branch and added a Direct2D renderer and support for UTC time sync, demonstrating a focus on performance and user experience.
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86Box/86box.github.io
Jul 2018 - Nov 2022
86Box website
Contributions:38 commits, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 4 months
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