Martin Goldhahn is a senior software developer and engineering leader based in Rogaland, Norway, with 14 years of experience spanning system architecture, requirements engineering, business process modelling and frontend development. He has led and mentored development and architecture teams through telecom transformations at Lyse, and has a strong track record of improving developer practices, recruitment and skills development. Technically versatile, he has implemented middleware and integration solutions for enterprises such as Tieto and Altibox, and earlier built runtime platforms and C++/ActiveX kiosk systems. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced the popular bash-git-prompt to improve usability and context-aware behavior, demonstrating a focus on developer experience. Trained in electrical engineering and image processing, Martin brings a methodical, systems-oriented mindset that helps turn complex requirements into pragmatic, maintainable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Ing. Theoretical Electrotechniques Image Processing, Dipl.-Ing. Theoretical Electrotechniques Image Processing at Technische Universität Ilmenau
Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering, Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering at Newcastle University
An informative and fancy bash prompt for Git users
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:7 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the bash prompt script, enhancing its functionality and usability. They implemented features such as 24-hour time format, keeping the old prompt in non-Git directories, and applying the Git prompt only in appropriate directories. They also improved the script's structure by moving the configuration of the git prompt directory into a function, and merged changes from a branch. These changes suggest a focus on improving the user experience and making the prompt more informative.
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Martin Goldhahn - Senior Software Developer at Lyse