Jonas Byström is a seasoned developer with 17 years of experience building high-performance server and network systems, currently contracting through Solita while running indie game and subcontracting work at Pixel Doctrine. He cut his teeth developing core server-side systems for the MMOG Project Entropia and later led development of a scalable, real-time cluster around a large MongoDB at Volvo Group. Jonas specializes in backend, networking and scripting languages, with a practical knack for performance tuning—evidenced by contributions to the finplot project where he implemented deferred rendering and real-time updates for smoother finance plotting. Comfortable across industries from automotive telematics to e-commerce and payments, he combines low-level systems experience with product-facing delivery. Based in Gothenburg, he enjoys tackling technically difficult, high-stakes problems that are also fun to solve.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Östrabogymnasiet
Falcon, Falcon at Chalmers University of Technology
Performant and effortless finance plotting for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:1 review, 293 commits, 16 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jonas's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the performance and features of the finance plotting library. They introduced deferred rendering techniques to improve performance, optimized zoom and pan functionality, and added features like crosshairs and band indicators. The user also implemented real-time updating capabilities, and addressed multiple bugs related to chart displays and data handling.
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
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