Manish Jethani
Independent Software Developer at manishjethani.com
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolManish Jethani is an independent software developer with over 15 years of experience building high-performance internet products, from authoring core pieces of the early Macromedia/Adobe Flex framework to architecting Issuu’s lightweight Flash-based PDF reader used by millions. He combines deep front-end and systems chops—authoring UI frameworks, isomorphic JavaScript, Node.js backends and deployment scripts—with practical expertise in automation, build systems and browser extensions as evidenced by contributions to uBlock Origin and Adblock Plus. A privacy- and digital-cash-oriented tinkerer, he has explored WebRTC, end-to-end encryption browser extensions and micropayments over HTTP using Bitcoin and Ripple. Based in Copenhagen, he thrives on prototyping startup ideas and shipping production-ready code, and quietly influences open source projects through targeted build, benchmarking and platform-specific improvements.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
GNIIT, GNIIT at National Institute of Information TechnologyBachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) at Smt. Mithibai Motiram Kundnani College of Commerce & Economics
English, Hindi
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Github Skills (32)
javascript10
npm10
browser-extension10
testing10
bash10
chrome-extension10
adblock10
performance-testing10
automation10
script10
opera-extension10
webextension10
automations10
build-process10
puppeteer9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
adblockplus/adblockpluschrome
Apr 2017 - May 2020
Mirrored from https://gitlab.com/eyeo/adblockplus/adblockpluschrome
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:110 commits, 1 comment in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Manish primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Adblock Plus Chrome extension. Their work included modifying existing JavaScript code to utilize modern data structures like Sets, improving efficiency. They also added support for Firefox-specific webRequest types, demonstrating platform-specific adjustments and code maintenance. Furthermore, the user refactored the code to use Maps and Sets effectively.
adblockadblockplusgitlab
gorhill/uBlock
Jul 2021 - Sep 2021
uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:114 reviews, 64 commits, 69 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Manish primarily focused on improving the build and packaging processes for the uBlock Origin extension. They introduced changes to several shell scripts (e.g., `make-clean.sh`, `make-chromium.sh`) by adding the `-e` flag for enhanced error handling. The user also implemented and refactored scripts for generating the Node.js package, including the integration of ESLint for code quality checks, and introduced a new testing framework. These changes streamlined the build process and ensured code quality.
firefoxublockjavascriptublock-originchrome
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