Enno Boland
Member at Enno Boland IT
Kassel, Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolEnno Boland is a versatile software engineer with 18 years of experience spanning system integration, backend services, DevOps, and mobile UI work, now operating as a freelancer from Kassel and a member of DenktMit eG. He brings practical expertise in test automation and reliability—evident from improving JavaParser’s type-resolution tests—and has strengthened networking, reconnection logic, and documentation in a Java Socket.IO client. His open-source contributions reach into Linux ecosystem tooling (Void Linux, XBPS) and embedded/mobile projects like octo4a, showing a knack for fixing build, packaging, and runtime edge cases. Comfortable across the stack, he combines hands-on debugging and refactoring with release engineering and automation, often tackling subtle CI/build deadlocks and UX boot issues that others overlook.
18 years of coding experience
University of Kassel
German, English
Github Skills (37)
kotlin10
socket-io10
webview10
package-management10
patch10
testing10
linux10
android-sdk10
c1110
networking10
java10
c1710
javas10
junit10
code-analysis10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
Gottox/socket.io-java-client
Dec 2011 - Oct 2012
Socket.IO Client Implementation in Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:169 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Enno's commits focused on improving the core functionality and stability of the Java-based Socket.IO client. They implemented critical features, such as adding file headers, fixing warnings, and rectifying typos to maintain code quality. Further, the user addressed network instability by implementing reconnect functionality, and enhanced reconnection logic for better client-server interactions. Finally, the user refactored the project by renaming packages, and completing documentation for all classes.
socketsocket-iosocketswebsocketsocket-io-client
void-linux/void-packages
Jun 2018 - Mar 2025
The Void source packages collection
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:51 reviews, 932 PRs, 789 pushes in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Enno primarily contributed to updating and patching various software packages within the Void Linux repository. Their commits focused on incorporating the latest versions of software like PrusaSlicer, OCCT, QuickJS, and Tilix. Additionally, they made adjustments to build processes, patch application, and address potential security vulnerabilities, demonstrating a focus on maintaining package integrity and build stability.
package-managerlinuxbinariesvoidvoidlinux
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