Karol Orzeł
Director at Fundacja "Dom w Łodzi"
Lodz Metropolitan Area Poland
Summary
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RockstarKarol Orzeł is a director and seasoned web developer with over a decade of hands-on experience building themes, frameworks and web products, and 15+ years in overall web development. He founded and runs Devlom while leading Fakenews.pl, the largest Polish fact-checking NGO by followers and an IFCN member, blending technical craft with mission-driven impact. Karol’s engineering roots at RocketTheme include significant contributions to the Gantry framework and phpBB integrations, showing deep expertise in templating, SCSS and backend theming. He pairs full-stack development and business ownership—managing projects, clients and finances—with practical AI interest and crowdsourcing work to fight disinformation. Long-term volunteer work providing IT support to disabled children highlights his empathy and operational resilience beyond the codebase.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
English, Polish
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Github Skills (15)
css10
php10
wp-theme10
scs10
twig10
wordpress-themes10
phpbb10
sc10
html9
web-framework8
app-framework8
application-framework8
joomla7
javascript6
jquery6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
gantry/gantry5
Sep 2014 - Jan 2023
:rocket: Next Generation Template / Theme Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 4 reviews, 117 commits in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Karol's contributions focused on updating and integrating phpBB templates within the Gantry 5 framework. The commits involved modifying HTML and Twig files related to various phpBB components such as login, search, online users, birthdays, and statistics. They also set up and incorporated SCSS styling for phpBB, as well as updating existing CSS files and adding support for web font-based topic icons.
next-generationtemplatejoomla-componentwordpressphp
getgrav/grav-skeleton-deliver-site
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Grav Deliver Site Skeleton
Contributions:2 releases, 48 commits, 47 pushes in 10 months
phpdelivergravskeleton
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