Florian Ludewig
Backend Developer at Open Reply
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Ludewig is a backend developer and co-founder with eight years of hands-on experience building full-stack platforms, currently contributing at Open Reply while running his startup Drakery. He began as a creator of 3D animations and transitioned into software at 17, bringing a strong visual and systems mindset to problems ranging from Angular PWAs to server-side rendering and deployment. His work includes open-source contributions to a Bazel-based NodeJS toolchain where he added PWA and Angular Universal SSR support, reflecting practical expertise in modern web tooling. A computer science graduate from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Florian combines entrepreneurial drive with deep technical curiosity, often prototyping proofs-of-concept and publishing tutorials to share learnings. Notably, his background in visual effects informs a user-centered approach to backend design and performance.
8 years of coding experience
Abitur, 1.7, Abitur, 1.7 at Dr. Konrad Duden Gymnasium SchleizBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 1.9, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 1.9 at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
German, English
Stackoverflow
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75answers
148questions
kubernetes
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typescript
top-5%
Github Skills (18)
typescript10
service-worker10
bazel10
typescript-types10
nodejs10
typescripts10
angular10
expressjs9
kubernetes9
pwapp9
monorepo6
docker6
yarn-workspaces6
lerna6
npm-package6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
bazel-contrib/rules_nodejs
Mar 2020 - Dec 2020
NodeJS toolchain for Bazel.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 8 commits, 3 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Florian primarily contributed to enhancing the Angular example application within the Bazel-based NodeJS repository. Their work focused on implementing Progressive Web App (PWA) features, including service worker integration for offline capabilities and update handling. The user also refactored the server-side rendering setup and removed compression dependencies. Furthermore, they introduced server-side rendering support with Angular Universal.
bazeljavascriptstarlarknodejsrules-nodejs
flolu/obsidian-scroll-speed
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
Obsidian Plugin to Change Scroll Speed Inside Files
Contributions:8 releases, 18 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 1 month
obsidian-mdobsidian-pluginscroll-animationscrolling
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