Ivan Čukić
Software Engineer at KDE, KDAB
Summary
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RockstarIvan Čukić is a seasoned software engineer with 18 years of experience and a strong affinity for Free/Libre Software, KDE, and KDAB ecosystems. He blends front-end UX polish—demonstrated by significant contributions to the Plasma desktop and Nextcloud desktop clients—with backend reliability work such as encryption handling, OpenSSL RAII, and integrations for tools like bugwarrior. Author of "Functional Programming in C++," he brings deep C++ expertise and a functional-programming perspective to complex client and tooling code. His open-source contributions span UI/UX improvements, secure client-side encryption, and robust service integrations, revealing a developer comfortable across the full stack and attentive to both developer ergonomics and end-user experience.
18 years of coding experience
Github Skills (21)
c-language10
python10
gui-application10
qtquick10
user-interface10
ui-design10
desktop-application10
desktop10
qml10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
nextcloud10
gitlab-api9
ux-design9
configuration-management9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
KDE/plasma-desktop
Apr 2014 - May 2022
Plasma for the Desktop
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:112 commits in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ivan primarily contributed to the user interface of the Plasma desktop environment. They implemented keyboard navigation and activity switching functionality, refactoring existing QML code related to activity management. Additionally, the user addressed layout issues and integrated styling consistent with the existing system theme. Their work focuses on enhancing user interaction and visual presentation of the activity switcher.
electronlinuxc-plus-pluschromeosdesktop
GothenburgBitFactory/bugwarrior
Apr 2015 - May 2020
Pull github, bitbucket, and trac issues into taskwarrior
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ivan primarily contributed to the `bugwarrior` project by implementing and enhancing the Phabricator service integration. They modified code to correct an import, added options for filtering issues and pull requests based on users and projects, and unified the filtering logic. Furthermore, the user documented the Phabricator filtering options, making the service more configurable and user-friendly. They also implemented changes to Gitlab integration, including the ability to use project IDs.
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