Kian Cross
Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolKian Cross is a versatile creative and developer based in Bournemouth with 11 years of professional experience blending live presenting, DJ performance, and software contributions. Known for on-camera work and weekly hosting since 2008, he brings strong interpersonal skills—presenting, acting and event hosting—across private and public events from weddings to nightlife. Complementing his media background, Kian contributes to open-source Python tooling, notably enhancing the popular questionary CLI prompts with validation, initial-choice support and UX fixes. Trained in carpentry at Bournemouth University, he combines practical craftsmanship with a hands-on approach to problem solving and user-focused feature design. An adaptable collaborator, he bridges creative production and backend development, often improving small but impactful details that boost usability and presentation.
11 years of coding experience
Carpentry, Carpentry at Bournemouth University
Github Skills (10)
testing10
cli10
command-line-interface10
pytest10
python10
command-line10
prompt-toolkit10
documentation9
validation9
validations9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
tmbo/questionary
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Python library to build pretty command line user prompts ✨Easy to use multi-select lists, confirmations, free text prompts ...
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:234 reviews, 87 commits, 196 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Kian primarily contributed to the `questionary` library by adding new features and fixing bugs in its command-line interface prompts, with specific focus on the checkbox prompt by adding validation, implementing initial choices and addressing a related bug. They also addressed color inconsistencies in answer display within text prompts. Moreover, the user added new features, such as auto_enter parameter to confirm and improved the documentation to enhance user understanding and interaction with the library.
python-librarycommand-line-toolpromptspythonconfirmations
kiancross/pretix
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Ticket shop application for conferences, festivals, concerts, tech events, shows, exhibitions, workshops, barcamps, etc.
Contributions:2 PRs, 49 pushes, 24 branches in 1 year 8 months
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