David Rapaň is a pragmatic software engineer with five years of professional experience, currently self-employed in Prague, specializing in .NET with additional hands-on work in C/C++ and Python. He practices agile development and pairs a Bachelor's in Information Technology with a background in electronics and embedded systems. David contributes to notable open-source projects such as Home Assistant, where he enhanced the Starlink integration by adding sensors, improving data coordinators, implementing tests, and refactoring to address cumulation issues. Comfortable across backend and IoT domains, he blends product-focused engineering with practical automation and monitoring skills. Colleagues value his steady, detail-oriented approach and capacity to bridge device-level concerns with cloud and backend services.
5 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Technical University of Ostrava
Maturita, Electronics Engineering w/ Computer Systems, Maturita, Electronics Engineering w/ Computer Systems at Secondary Technical School of Electrical Engineering Mohelnice
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & IoT Developer
Contributions:34 reviews, 6 PRs, 39 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:David contributed significantly to the Starlink integration within the Home Assistant core. Their work involved adding new sensors to monitor Starlink usage and energy consumption, modifying the coordinator for data retrieval, and implementing related test cases. They also updated the Shelly integration by removing duplicate error messages. Furthermore, the user refactored Starlink integration, addressing cumulation issues and migrating to the `StarlinkConfigEntry`.
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