Martin Kleppe
CTO And Managing Partner at Ubilabs
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolMartin Kleppe is a veteran technology leader and co-founder who has spent 17+ years shaping interactive mapping and creative web experiences as CTO and Managing Partner of Ubilabs. He combines deep hands-on JavaScript craftsmanship with product-grade cloud integrations, partnering closely with Google to help define flagship demos for the Google Maps Platform. A Google Developer Expert and frequent speaker, he balances enterprise consulting for international clients with playful technical experiments—authoring JSFuck and ultra-small code golf projects that explore the limits of minimal, obfuscated JavaScript. His background in media art and transmedia animation informs a design-driven approach to data visualization and frontend architecture, making complex spatial data both usable and delightful. Based in Hamburg, he bridges consulting, open-source contribution, and creative coding to push mapping technology into new, expressive territory.
17 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Transmedia Animation Experimental Film, Transmedia Animation Experimental Film at Sint-Lukas BrusselDiploma Media Art and Design, Diploma Media Art and Design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
German, English
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Github Skills (30)
javascript10
strings10
jquery10
deobfuscation10
text-manipulation10
obfuscar10
css10
obfuscation10
html10
obfuscator10
cookie10
rounding9
datetime9
caching9
browser9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
aemkei/jsfuck
Jul 2012 - Jul 2021
Write any JavaScript with 6 Characters: []()!+
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 114 commits, 48 PRs in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Martin primarily worked on enhancing the JSFuck project by improving the character mappings and overall functionality of the JavaScript obfuscation tool. Their contributions include adding and refining the representation of characters, debugging the character encoding process, and modifying the HTML user interface for improved usability. They also focused on code cleanup and refactoring to ensure the codebase was more maintainable and efficient.
code-golfaspectsjavascriptincremental-gamepointer
ubilabs/geocomplete
Mar 2012 - Sep 2017
jQuery Geocoding and Places Autocomplete Plugin
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:134 commits, 13 PRs, 26 pushes in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily focused on developing the front-end components for the "geocomplete" jQuery plugin, as evidenced by the code changes. They added and updated various HTML examples showcasing different plugin functionalities, and introduced styling improvements with CSS. They also modified the core JavaScript file, adding features, refining options, and updating the plugin's documentation to reflect these enhancements.
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