Klaus Triendl
Software Engineering Director at SQLite ORM
Cyprus
Summary
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RockstarKlaus Triendl is a Software Engineering Director and veteran full‑stack C++ developer with over two decades of hands‑on experience and 11 years in senior roles, currently based in Cyprus. He leads technical health and modernization efforts at FireDaemon, shipping high‑availability Windows system software and a notably fast Windows service controller while championing Secure SDLC practices. As a top contributor to sqlite_orm and an active maintainer of microsoft/vcpkg ports, he improves C++ libraries, build systems and cross‑platform packaging, demonstrating deep expertise in template metaprogramming and dependency integration. Klaus combines low‑level systems and networking skills with product ownership across the full development lifecycle—specification, CI, packaging and long‑running product maintenance. He’s known for modernizing legacy code to C++23 standards to deliver clean, reliable components that endure in production.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
German, English
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Github Skills (21)
c-language10
lib10
sqlite10
object-mapping10
package-management10
template-metaprogramming10
cmake10
data-mapping10
orm10
sql10
cprogramming-language10
database-design9
windows8
iterator6
macos6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
fnc12/sqlite_orm
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
❤️ SQLite ORM light header only library for modern C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:281 reviews, 472 commits, 203 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Klaus made several changes to the core functionality of the SQLite ORM, introducing new features, refactoring existing code, and addressing code quality issues. Their work primarily focused on improving the handling of database objects, especially with complex scenarios such as those with nested or composite primary keys. The user also implemented enhancements to the internal tuple processing, demonstrating familiarity with template metaprogramming within a database context.
header-only-librarycrudormsqlite3-databasesqlite3
microsoft/vcpkg
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 commits, 12 PRs, 19 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Klaus primarily contributes to the `vcpkg` repository by updating and managing external library ports. Their work involves updating versions, applying patches, and configuring builds for libraries like libxml2, sqlite-orm, and sqlite3. These changes ensure the availability and correct integration of these third-party dependencies within the vcpkg package manager. The contributions frequently include changes to portfile.cmake files and related patch files to adapt library builds for various platforms.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
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