Kalle Kankare
Passionate Software Engineer
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolKalle Kankare is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in Linux, embedded systems and bare-metal development, predominantly using C-family languages. Based in Tampere, Finland, he blends low-level systems expertise with practical engineering—advocating POSIX shell and recently embracing Go for its balance of developer ergonomics and deployment simplicity. At Vincit Oy since 2009 he has iteratively refined tooling and workflows, notably through deep customizations of Emacs and Org-mode to boost productivity. His background in computer software engineering from Tampere University of Technology complements a pragmatic, hands-on approach to reliable systems and toolchain engineering.
15 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Tampere University of Technology
Github Skills (46)
emacs-package10
melpa10
emacs-lsp10
emacs-lisp10
emacs10
elisp10
major-mode9
eagle9
helmfile9
editing8
text-editing8
robot8
grep7
handwriting7
logging6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kopoli/keyboard
Jan 2012 - Sep 2015
Contributions:68 commits, 6 pushes, 1 tag in 3 years 8 months
kopoli/robot-mode
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Emacs major mode for editing Robot Framework files.
Contributions:3 reviews, 45 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 11 months
text-editingrobot-frameworkroboteagleemacs
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