Nando Florestan
Lead Developer, Software Architect at fairsplit.com
Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Top SchoolNando Florestan is a Lead Developer and Software Architect with 15 years of systems analysis and hands-on Python experience dating back to 2007, currently leading engineering at fairsplit.com from Wrocław. He blends pragmatic agile practices (Scrum, XP) with deep backend expertise across Pyramid, Flask, GAE, CherryPy and Django, and has contributed to notable open-source work such as core logic improvements in the Pylons/colander validation library. Comfortable across web and desktop Python stacks (PySide/PyQT) and fluent in English and Portuguese, he also codes in Dart, JavaScript and F#, showing a polyglot approach to problem solving. Trained in music and law, he brings a unique creative perspective—he composes classical and audiovisual music—which informs a thoughtful, readable-first coding philosophy and collaborative leadership style.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Law, Bachelor, Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBachelor, Music, Bachelor, Music at USP - Universidade de São Paulo
Portuguese, English, Spanish, Esperanto, Polish
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Github Skills (11)
validation10
python10
validations10
serialization9
testing9
data-serialization9
deserialization9
forms7
documentation7
javascript6
jsdoc6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Pylons/colander
Mar 2012 - Feb 2015
A serialization/deserialization/validation library for strings, mappings and lists.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Nando primarily contributed to the core logic of the `colander` library. Their commits involved modifying the `Length` validator to allow for custom error messages, refactoring existing code, and updating test cases. Additionally, the user integrated changes from the master branch and updated the `CHANGES.rst` and `CONTRIBUTORS.txt` files, signifying a role in maintaining and documenting the project.
validationdeserializationstringsvalidation-libraryserialization
nandoflorestan/nine
Jun 2013 - Jan 2020
Python 2 and 3 compatibility library, such that your code looks more like Python 3
Contributions:58 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 6 years 8 months
pythonpython-likepython-3python3python-2
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