Herbert Maschke
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
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RockstarHerbert Maschke is a pragmatic backend software engineer based in Leipzig with 14 years of experience building customer-facing Laravel applications and using Rust for performance- and safety-critical components. He contributes to well-known open-source projects like Bagisto and Yii2, where he has improved core behaviors, added tests, and removed fragile third-party dependencies to harden production workflows. Herbert focuses on reliable data handling and UX-adjacent backend features—examples include slug generation, cart rule logic, and persistent datatable state across sessions. Comfortable working directly with customers, he combines practical bug fixes with thoughtful refactors that reduce technical debt. A detail-oriented collaborator, he also adds localization and admin tooling (user impersonation) that smooth real-world operations.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (34)
yii10
database-migrations10
application-framework10
unit-testing10
back-end-development10
session-management10
laravel-mix10
testing10
app-framework10
yii2-extension10
user-authentication10
authentication10
laravel10
php-framework10
php10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
MedicOneSystems/livewire-datatables
Sep 2021 - May 2022
Advanced datatables using Laravel, Livewire, Tailwind CSS and Alpine JS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 3 reviews, 61 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Herbert focused on enhancing the Livewire Datatables package by implementing new features and improving existing functionalities. They introduced the ability to set sort directions, control the datatable from external Livewire components, and reset the table to default settings. Furthermore, the user added functionalities to persist filters, pagination, and hidden column settings within the session. They also introduced new column types and the concept of column groups.
datatablestailwindcsslivewiretailwindcss
dektrium/yii2-user
May 2015 - May 2017
[ABANDONED] Flexible user registration and authentication module for Yii2
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 27 PRs, 87 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Herbert primarily contributed to the backend of the Yii2-user project, focusing on localization and feature enhancements. They added German translations for various user interface elements and updated the application to improve functionality. Furthermore, the user implemented a "switch to user" feature in the admin backend, allowing administrators to impersonate other users. Additional work included refactoring and optimizing some code areas.
abandonedregistrationauthenticationuser-registrationyii2-extension
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