Magnus Therning
Software Developer at CarbonCloud
Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Top SchoolMagnus Therning is a seasoned software developer with nearly two decades of experience spanning embedded systems, virtualization, and software security, now based in Gothenburg. He blends hands-on engineering—working in C/C++, Python, Go, Haskell and Clojure—with system architecture and agile leadership, often mentoring autonomous teams in fintech and product contexts. His background includes security response and architecture work at Citrix/XenSource and research on Linux-based embedded software at Philips, giving him a rare cross-domain view from device to cloud. An active open-source contributor, Magnus has improved the popular Spacemacs distribution with language-specific layers and UX refinements, reflecting his focus on developer experience. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who pursues both breadth and deep specialization, favoring durable, auditable solutions over quick fixes.
18 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Information Science, Information Science at Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTeknisk linje, Teknisk linje at AlströmergymnasietMSc Computer Science and Engineering, MSc Computer Science and Engineering at Linköping UniversityJapanese Math Computer Science, Japanese Math Computer Science at University of Gothenburg
English, Swedish, Dutch, Japanese, French
Stackoverflow
4,694reputation
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gzip
top-5%
Github Skills (20)
org-mode10
configuration-management10
vim10
emacs10
configuration-file10
configurations10
haskell10
gzip9
co8
cprogramming-language8
sql8
c-language8
spacemacs7
functional-programming6
dictionary6
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
syl20bnr/spacemacs
Dec 2015 - Mar 2021
A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 20 PRs, 109 comments in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Magnus made significant contributions to the spacemacs configuration, focusing on extending its functionality and improving the user experience. They modified configurations for specific programming language layers, most notably for C/C++, Haskell and SQL, adding new bindings, and integrating tools. The contributions also included adjusting keybindings, integrating external services like Trello, and refactoring existing configurations to increase user-friendliness.
configurationvimspacemacsemacsemacs-lsp
magthe/hsini
Sep 2010 - Jun 2018
Haskell library for configuration (INI) files.
Contributions:57 commits, 4 PRs, 27 pushes in 7 years 10 months
ghchaskell-libraryhaskellcabalhackage
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