Nicolas Fella
Software Engineer at KDAB
Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolNicolas Fella is a software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building and modernizing Qt-based applications, currently contributing at KDAB and KDE from Würzburg, Germany. He specializes in mobile and cross-platform integration—particularly Android—having added native file dialogs, runtime permissions, and content handling to Qt and major KDE apps like Okular and KDE Connect. His work spans frontend UX improvements in Plasma Desktop to backend tooling enhancements in GammaRay and Nextcloud, demonstrating a pragmatic full-stack mindset and attention to code quality. An active open-source contributor, he has improved JSON support and serialization in developer tools and modernized context handling and notification integration across projects. Beyond shipping features, Nicolas often resolves platform-specific quirks and build issues, revealing a knack for making complex cross-platform systems feel native.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
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Github Skills (35)
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json10
c-language10
lib10
mobile-development10
qt10
gui-application10
user-interface10
android-sdk10
ui-design10
interface-design10
desktop-application10
android-development10
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
KDE/kdeconnect-android
Apr 2017 - Aug 2022
Native Android port of the KDE Connect Qt app
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:262 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily contributed to the native Android application for KDE Connect. Their work focused on implementing new features and fixing bugs within the application's various plugins. They added notification icons, implemented Android 6 runtime permissions, refactored the SharePlugin, and fixed issues in the mousepad plugin and notification handling. Furthermore, they added features like direct sharing and allowed the user to select a custom ringtone.
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KDE/kdeconnect-kde
Apr 2017 - Jan 2023
Multi-platform app that allows your devices to communicate
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:548 commits in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily focused on enhancing the KDE Connect application's notification features. They implemented the display of notification icons from Android, optimized file transfers, and improved the presentation of notification titles. Furthermore, they were responsible for fixing issues with the plasmoid, including integrating battery information and enabling sharing multiple files from the app. They have also refactored the SMS app.
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