Kevin Siml
Selbstständig at Webdesign-KS.de
Meuselwitz, Thuringia, Germany
Summary
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RockstarKevin Siml is a self-employed software engineer based in Meuselwitz, Germany, with 10 years of experience building full-stack and backend integrations for web and home-automation systems. He specializes in customizable push notification solutions across iOS, Android, Windows, browser and Telegram platforms, and has practical experience integrating Pushsafer into both Irssi (as a plugin) and the popular open-source Domoticz home automation project. As a hands-on developer he spans backend, frontend and SQL changes—implementing notification logic, UI setup flows, image support and priority handling. Running Webdesign-KS.de since 2007, he combines long-term freelance delivery with active open-source collaboration. Notably, his work focuses on pragmatic, user-configurable notification features that bridge chat clients and automation platforms.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (13)
apim10
c-language10
irssi10
web-development10
api10
cprogramming-language10
perl10
apidoc10
home-automation10
javascript9
irc9
html9
http-client9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
domoticz/domoticz
Sep 2016 - Mar 2023
Open source Home Automation System
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 PRs, 20 comments, 1 issue in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily contributed to adding support for the Pushsafer notification service within the Domoticz home automation system. Their work involved modifications across multiple areas, including the backend (SQLHelper.cpp, NotificationPushsafer.cpp), frontend (SetupController.js, setup.html), and integrating image functionalities. The user implemented the necessary code changes to enable users to configure Pushsafer within the Domoticz setup, providing a means to receive notifications through the Pushsafer service. Additional improvements include the implementation of priority.
raspberry-pisystem-automationhome-automation-systemmqtthome-automation
irssi/scripts.irssi.org
Mar 2017 - Aug 2018
Script Repository for Irssi
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily contributed to the development of an Irssi plugin named "pushsafer" that integrates with the pushsafer.com API for sending push notifications. Their work involved implementing core functionality for receiving and processing messages, highlights, and private messages within the Irssi IRC client. They also included features for ignoring specific users or channels and added settings to customize the notifications. The contributions include enhancements to the plugin and integration with the pushsafer service.
irssi
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