Manuel Reinhardt
Senior Software Developer at Quaive
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolManuel Reinhardt is a senior software developer based in Leipzig with 15 years of professional experience and a deep mastery of Python and the Plone CMS. He has worked continuously in senior roles since 2009, currently contributing at Quaive and SYSLAB.COM GmbH, where he focuses on robust back-end systems and long-lived open-source platforms. Manuel’s contributions to the core Plone repository include thoughtful refactors like introducing a human_readable_size utility and removing legacy skin scripts, reflecting an emphasis on maintainability and pragmatic cleanup. He favors responsible, well-sourced software and consistently balances feature work with improving tooling and tests. Trained at Technical University Munich, he pairs academic rigor with hands-on craftsmanship in production systems. Colleagues know him for quietly improving developer experience and for making small, high-impact changes that prevent future technical debt.
15 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Technical University MunichAbitur (general qualification for university entrance), Abitur (general qualification for university entrance) at Gymnasium Oberhaching
English, German, French
Github Skills (9)
content-management-system10
plone10
content-management10
python10
testing10
backend9
back-end-development9
refactoring9
fest3
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
plone/Products.CMFPlone
Nov 2015 - Oct 2018
The core of the Plone content management system
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 13 PRs, 9 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Manuel primarily focused on refactoring and improving the `getObjSize` functionality within the Plone content management system. They introduced a `format_size` method, moved it to the `utils` module, and renamed it `human_readable_size`. These changes involved updates to the catalog tool and related tests, indicating a focus on optimizing content size display and related indexing. The user also removed several skin scripts, suggesting a focus on code cleanup and deprecating legacy functionality.
content-management-systemplone
syslabcom/recensio.regio
Jan 2017 - Jun 2024
Customizations for the recensio.net daughter "Regio"
Contributions:5 PRs, 40 pushes, 9 branches in 7 years 5 months
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