Eugen Rochko
Executive Strategy & Product Advisor
Germany
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Eugen Rochko is a founder-led software engineer and executive advisor with 13 years designing and shipping full-stack, open-source systems, best known as the creator, CEO and lead developer of Mastodon. He combines hands-on backend work (media handling, schema changes) with front-end React and Android client contributions, and also regularly authors and curates project documentation. Based in Germany, he has bootstrapped nonprofit infrastructure for decentralized social media while advising product and strategy across research projects tackling misinformation. Comfortable moving between technical implementation and organizational leadership, he brings entrepreneurial grit from multiple startups and a Computer Science B.Sc., plus the rare mix of product stewardship and frequent code-level contributions to a globally used federated platform.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science (Informatik), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science (Informatik) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
German, English, Russian, French, Spanish
Github Skills (27)
kotlin10
markdown10
javascript10
css10
ui-design10
ruby10
uid10
markdown-it10
mastodon10
front-end-development10
android10
html10
android-ui10
react10
documentation10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
mastodon/joinmastodon
Apr 2017 - Jan 2023
The official Mastodon project homepage
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 814 commits, 239 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Eugen's commits primarily focused on front-end development tasks within a React application. They resolved conflicts and implemented basic layout changes by modifying HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (App.js) files, along with changes to the app's appearance and display. The commits showcase the use of React components, routing, and basic styling with CSS. The user has also fixed the page title.
mastodonmastodon-api
mastodon/mastodon
Feb 2016 - Jan 2023
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:167 releases, 2566 reviews, 4210 commits in 7 years
Contributions summary:Eugen's commits primarily focused on implementing features and resolving issues related to media attachments, including the addition of cache-busting functionality for media files and support for new image formats. They also implemented database schema changes and enhancements to the user interface, such as the option to open a post in the browser or add a new search option. The changes involved the core functionalities of the Mastodon project.
social-networkwebfingerpixelfedhosteddocker
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