Michael Aufreiter
Founder & CEO at Editable Website
Linz, Upper Austria
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Top SchoolMichael Aufreiter is a seasoned founder and software engineer with 18 years of experience building web products and companies from Linz, Austria. He has repeatedly moved between hands-on engineering and executive leadership, founding and scaling startups such as Substance, Ken Experiences, and now Editable Website. Technically fluent across full-stack development, his open-source contributions include meaningful work on browser-friendly GitHub API wrappers, a Jekyll editor (Prose) with integrated markdown editing, and UI widgets that improved UX and cross-browser compatibility. He combines practical backend skills—OAuth gatekeeper implementations and Node/Express services—with front-end craftsmanship in JavaScript, CSS and UX polish. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with academic grounding in software engineering from Johannes Kepler Universität and FH Hagenberg. A less obvious strength is his consistent focus on developer-facing tooling and content workflows that make complex platform integrations feel approachable.
18 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer-Softwaretechnik, Master, Computer-Softwaretechnik at Johannes Kepler Universität LinzBachelor, Computer-Softwaretechnik, Bachelor, Computer-Softwaretechnik at Hagenberg Campus - FH Upper Austria
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Github Skills (25)
markdown10
javascript10
expressjs10
jquery10
apidoc10
css10
user-interface10
api10
markdown-it10
github-api10
front-end-development10
jquery-ui10
html10
nodejs10
oauth10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
prose/prose
Mar 2012 - Apr 2013
A Content Editor for GitHub.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:989 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on integrating CodeMirror for markdown editing within the Prose project. They introduced code snippets related to markdown and file creation, enabling the loading, editing, and saving of existing content. The commits involved changes across multiple files, including UI elements, templates, and core functionality, such as handling file operations within the repository. The contributions enabled a full and functional content creation and editing workflow.
content-editor
prose/starter
Jun 2012 - Oct 2012
A starter site for Jekyll + Prose
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on updating the front-end elements of the project. Their commits included adding and modifying CSS styles, as well as updating the base URL configurations within the layouts. They incorporated a "Fork me" ribbon on the page and refined the header and footer styling. These contributions focused on refining the aesthetics and improving the overall presentation of the site.
jekyll
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