Fritz Reichwald
Linux Consultant at B1 Systems
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFritz Reichwald is a Linux consultant based in Berlin with 11 years of hands-on experience in systems engineering and software development. He brings a practical blend of enterprise-grade exposure from roles at IBM and B1 Systems and early embedded/crypto experience from internships at Rohde & Schwarz. Fritz contributes to open-source projects like qutebrowser, improving keyboard-driven UX and robustness by adding fallback mechanisms and experimental features—showing a user-focused, full-stack mindset beyond typical sysadmin work. Trained in applied computer science through dual-study programs, he pairs rigorous engineering foundations with a pragmatic approach to error handling and resilience. Known for quietly improving developer and end-user workflows, he excels at bridging low-level system reliability with front-facing usability enhancements.
11 years of coding experience
Angewandte Informatik, Angewandte Informatik at Hochschule WormsAngewandte Informatik, Angewandte Informatik at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mannheim
English
Github Skills (13)
binding10
browser10
qt10
python10
keybindings10
bind10
qwebengine9
debug9
qtwebengine9
vim9
configuration-management9
testing8
jinja28
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
qutebrowser/qutebrowser
May 2015 - Mar 2019
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 13 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Fritz primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the qutebrowser application. They implemented keyboard shortcuts and command line functionality improvements by modifying the configuration files. Additionally, the user addressed error handling and improved the resilience of the application by adding fallback mechanisms for missing templates and handling potential UnicodeDecodeErrors. They also introduced an experimental horizontal scrolling feature.
pythonqtwebenginebrowservimvim-like
fiete201/qutebrowser
May 2015 - Jun 2022
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit.
Contributions:48 pushes, 17 branches in 7 years 2 months
pythonvim-likebrowservimgui
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