Michael Starke
Geschäfstführer at HicknHack Software GmbH
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolMichael Starke is a seasoned software entrepreneur and Geschäftsführer based in Dresden with 14 years of hands-on experience building and running HicknHack Software. He combines leadership of a long-running boutique software company with deep technical chops, evidenced by sustained contributions to open-source projects such as MacPass where he focused on robustness, legacy compatibility and codebase cleanups. Trained in Medieninformatik at TU Dresden, he brings a pragmatic engineering mindset to product and architecture decisions. His work often targets maintainability and error recovery, showing a preference for durable, user-focused tooling over flash features. As a founder who transitioned a GbR into a GmbH, he understands both the technical and operational sides of software businesses. Colleagues describe him as a steady problem-solver who improves systems quietly but impactfully.
14 years of coding experience
Diplom Medieninformatik, Medieninformatik, 1,5, Diplom Medieninformatik, Medieninformatik, 1,5 at Technische Universität Dresden / TU Dresden
English, German
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Github Skills (12)
objective-c10
debug10
macos10
refactoring10
refactor10
keepass10
api-design9
dock6
nsdictionary6
qt6
cocoa6
ubuntu6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
MacPass/MacPass
Jul 2012 - Nov 2022
A native macOS KeePass client
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:43 releases, 4 reviews, 2459 commits in 10 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions primarily focused on code cleanup and bug fixes within the macOS KeePass client project. They cleaned up and organized code within the MPDocumentWindowController, MPDocument, and MPPasswordEditWindowController files. The user also added error recovery mechanisms, fixed project file issues, and addressed compatibility problems related to legacy file formats and API transitions. The user also worked to enhance menu items in the context menu.
macpassobjective-cpassword-managerautotypepassword
hicknhack-software/ansible-matrix-synapse
Jan 2018 - May 2023
Ansible Script to install matrix-synapse homeserver (Setup Personal homeserver for clients like riot.im)
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
matrix-synapseriot-imansiblematrix-synapse-homeserverhomeserver
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