Nicola Drosakis
Founder at Gen20 (Γενιά 20)
Piraeus, Attica, Greece
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Top SchoolNicola Drosakis is a founder and senior developer with 10 years of hands-on experience building high-performance, multi-language web ecosystems from concept to production. He architected Gen20, a modular, language-agnostic platform that unifies PHP, Go, FastAPI, Node.js, React and C++ through an action-based orchestration model supporting offline operation, AI-driven tasks and high-throughput websocket streaming. Prior roles include leading engineering and DevOps at an ad agency and directing creative projects in theatre and film, giving him a rare blend of technical depth and narrative-driven product design. He excels at database-centric architectures (MariaDB), performance tuning, and open-source tooling for Composer and NPM. Known for bridging theatrical storytelling and software systems, Nicola brings entrepreneurial vision to fundraising and strategic growth as well as pragmatic delivery. Located in Piraeus, Greece, he pairs industrial management training with cinematic and drama education to solve problems creatively across disciplines.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Drama School Degree, Acting, A, Drama School Degree, Acting, A at M.Traga Drama SchoolDiploma, camera and lights operation, A, Diploma, camera and lights operation, A at Image & Lights SchoolBachelor's degree, Acting & Drama, A, Bachelor's degree, Acting & Drama, A at M. Vogiatzi Traga Drama SchoolEngineering/Industrial Management, Engineering/Industrial Management at University of PiraeusIndustrial Management, Industrial Management at University of Pireaus
English, Greek
Stackoverflow
2,308reputation
325kreached
114answers
3questions
php
top-5%
Github Skills (12)
php9
foreign-keys6
html6
css6
sql6
forms6
database-design6
jquery6
stringify6
database6
mysql6
webrtc5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
NikDrosakis/socketio-chat-mysql
Dec 2015 - Apr 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
NikDrosakis/gaiacms
Jan 2017 - Feb 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 3 months
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