Florian Bigard
Développeur at Framasoft
Greater Lyon Area France
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Bigard is a pragmatic back-end developer based in the Greater Lyon area with 12 years of experience building and maintaining production-grade open-source and web applications. Currently at Framasoft, he leads development on PeerTube while contributing to well-known projects like Clementine, Etherpad-lite and Sequelize, often focusing on robustness, compatibility and type-safety. He has a track record of fixing subtle integration and build issues (crypto++ compatibility, Last.fm auth, Ampache support) and improving performance hotspots such as HTTP caching and asset minification. Fluent in Node.js/TypeScript ecosystems and server-side engineering, he pairs academic training (Master en informatique) with hands-on operational experience dating back to early IT support roles. Colleagues value his attention to edge cases and his habit of shipping pragmatic fixes that prevent recurring failures.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat, Scientifique, Baccalauréat, Scientifique at Lycée François-MauriacMaster en informatique, Génie Informatique, Master en informatique, Génie Informatique at Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I)Licence, Informatique Générale, Licence, Informatique Générale at Université des Sciences et Techniques de Jean Monnet
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (30)
sequel10
javascript10
c-language10
qt10
typescript10
orm10
api10
performance-optimization10
typescript-types10
nodejs10
typescripts10
cprogramming-language10
sequelizejs10
apidoc9
typesc9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
clementine-player/Clementine
Jul 2014 - May 2018
:tangerine: Clementine Music Player
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 63 PRs, 271 comments in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Florian contributed to the Clementine Music Player by implementing compatibility with the Ampache service, which involved modifying code to handle potential errors. They also fixed a compilation issue related to the crypto++ library, ensuring compatibility with newer versions. Additionally, the user merged upstream changes and fixed an authentication error with the Last.fm service. These changes indicate the user's focus on maintaining and extending the functionality of the music player.
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ether/etherpad-lite
Dec 2019 - Dec 2021
Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 10 PRs, 27 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Florian primarily focused on improving the performance and stability of the Etherpad-lite application. They addressed issues related to HTTP caching by correctly setting the `last-modified` header, optimizing file minification, and implementing worker threads for JS/CSS minification. Furthermore, the user made changes to enhance the API and database interactions. The user also fixed a bug which was freezing the application during pad deletion.
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