Jan Baykara
Research, Education & Software Engineering
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Baykara is a research-focused software engineer and educator with 11 years of experience designing digital systems and leading community-centred tech at Common Knowledge Co-operative. He blends hands-on full‑stack development—including notable open-source contributions to the popular Web Scrobbler extension—with program design and strategic advising on political, organisational and security issues. His background spans commercial product roles and progressive political tech, informed by organising with workers, residents and activists since 2015. Jan’s multidisciplinary roots in art, design and politics (SOAS) and current studies in community learning give him a rare mix of creative systems thinking and practical civic pedagogy. Based in Glasgow, he’s equally at home shipping integrations like MusicBrainz/CoverArtArchive and running grassroots learning programmes that amplify direct action.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA Community Education Education, BA Community Education Education at University of the West of ScotlandBachelor of Arts (BA) Politics & International Relations, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Politics & International Relations at SOAS University of LondonArt & Design, Art & Design at Loughborough UniversityFine Art Physics Economics Modern History, Fine Art Physics Economics Modern History at Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
English
Github Skills (12)
google-chrome-extension10
webextension10
javascript10
firefox-addon10
chrome-extension10
web-development9
api8
apim8
lastfm8
html8
jquery8
css7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
web-scrobbler/web-scrobbler
Dec 2014 - Sep 2015
Scrobble music all around the web!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 13 PRs, 132 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Jan focused on enhancing the functionality of the web-scrobbler extension. They implemented and refined BBC Radio Player connectors, resolving playback issues and integrating track art retrieval. Furthermore, the user contributed to the extension's core features by introducing MusicBrainz and CoverArtArchive integration for enhanced album art display within the application's notification system. They also improved the notification system for more effective display.
scrobblewebextensionlastfmlibrefmlistenbrainz
janbaykara/generator-spontaneous-combustion
Sep 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:37 commits, 1 push in 11 months
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