Hristo Staykov
Software Engineer at Apple
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHristo Staykov is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building iOS apps, full‑stack web applications, and embedded systems, currently working as a framework engineer at Apple in New Haven. He built Amaziograph, an iPad tessellation drawing app from scratch using Objective‑C, Swift, OpenGL ES and Metal, which has amassed over 300k downloads and sustained active monthly users. Earlier work includes full‑stack contributions to Yale’s campus mapping platform—improving UX and enabling new layers like lactation rooms—and teaching systems programming to undergraduates. Hristo also contributes to open source, enhancing the Kakoune editor’s Swift syntax highlighting and line‑number features at the C++ core level. His background blends low‑level systems knowledge with polished user experiences, reflecting a pragmatic focus on both tooling and product impact.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Yale University
English, Bulgarian, Chinese
Github Skills (12)
code-editor10
modal-windows10
editors10
modal-dialog10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
text-editor10
kakoune10
editor10
swift9
console-application9
regex8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mawww/kakoune
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
mawww's experiment for a better code editor
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 10 commits, 4 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Hristo focused on enhancing the Kakoune text editor's functionality, specifically improving line number features and the Swift syntax highlighting. They added options for custom separators and correct highlighting for multi-line strings and keywords in Swift code. The contributions involved modifying the core codebase and adding/refactoring code within the C++ source files (src/highlighters.cc) and the Swift syntax highlighting configuration (rc/filetype/swift.kak).
vimkakounec-plus-plusmodal-editingconsole-application
hristost/PanTilt
Nov 2018 - Jun 2021
Contributions:3 releases, 37 commits, 9 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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