Edvard Høiby
Software Engineer at VG - Verdens Gang AS
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolEdvard Høiby is a software engineer based in Oslo with five years of experience building user-focused web applications for Schibsted and VG (Verdens Gang). He currently contributes to VG X, bringing front-end craftsmanship and product-minded engineering to news and media projects. His open-source work includes building the UI for "Whisper as a Service," adding drag-and-drop uploads, settings, and robust error handling to improve real-world usability of speech-to-text tooling. Starting as an apprentice and progressing into product teams, he blends hands-on implementation with a clear sense for product needs and UX. Educated in information technology and media production, he pairs practical schooling with frequent, incremental contributions to shipped products. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic developer who surfaces small but impactful UX improvements that meaningfully improve workflows.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Informasjonsteknologi, Informasjonsteknologi at Hamar Katedralskole
Norwegian, English
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Github Skills (6)
html10
css10
preact10
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
schibsted/WAAS
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
Whisper as a Service (GUI and API with queuing for OpenAI Whisper)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:28 reviews, 52 commits, 64 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Edvard primarily focused on developing the front-end of the "Whisper as a Service" application. They initiated the user interface by creating `index.html`, styling it with `style.css` and adding the Inter font. The user also restructured the file system, added a background image and implemented drag and drop functionality for file uploads. Furthermore, the user integrated a settings menu and handled error messages for a better user experience.
apiwhisperwiptranscriptionspeech-recognition
3ddyBoi/portfolio-22
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
Portfolio 16/01/2022
Contributions:33 commits, 2 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 months
reactcssjavascripthtml5reactjs
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