Ifedapo Olarewaju
Co-Founder at Lykdat
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIfedapo Olarewaju is a software engineer and co-founder with 11 years of experience building data-driven products and scalable web applications from Birmingham, UK. As founder of Woven Insights and CTO at Lykdat, he blends entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on full-stack development to deliver real-time AI market intelligence for fashion retailers, manufacturers, and brands. He has a strong open-source pedigree—contributing front-end and back-end improvements to notable projects like Uppy and tus-js-client, including resumable upload robustness and rich UI features for media-heavy apps. Prior roles at Numbrs, Andela, and 2U underline his background in backend systems, developer training, and fast product iteration. Known for turning complex consumer and competitor signals into actionable insights, he helps clients optimize pricing, inventory and merchandising with pragmatic engineering. An unexpected strength: he pairs production-grade engineering with a track record of UI polish, ensuring data products are both reliable and delightful to use.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
English
Stackoverflow
3,271reputation
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26answers
2questions
django
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caching
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file-upload
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django-views
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Github Skills (30)
javascript10
electron10
css10
uid10
front-end-development10
uppy10
file-upload10
html10
nodejs10
react10
user-interface9
caching9
ui-design9
django9
graphical-user-interface9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
igdmapps/igdm
Apr 2017 - Nov 2022
Desktop application for Instagram DMs
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:41 releases, 2 reviews, 324 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ifedapo's commits primarily revolve around the front-end development of the Instagram Direct Message desktop application. They've focused on building the user interface and ensuring a smooth user experience. Their contributions included implementing features like displaying user presence, handling video and image media, and adding functionalities like quoting messages and uploading attachments. They have also made UI improvements.
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transloadit/uppy
Nov 2016 - Jan 2021
The next open source file uploader for web browsers :dog:
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 35 reviews, 610 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ifedapo primarily contributed to the frontend aspects of the Uppy project, focusing on enhancing the user interface and adding new features. Their work included implementing and refactoring UI components, as evidenced by the creation of a working Dropbox plugin and additions to the image-related components. The developer also demonstrated understanding of web socket technologies through the modifications to the Tus10 plugin.
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