Nicolás Jullian is a founder and product-focused engineer with 13 years of experience building web platforms and developer tooling from Santiago, Chile. As Founder & CPO at Justo and creator of the popular Orionjs framework, he blends hands-on backend development with product leadership, shipping Node.js-based frameworks used by thousands. His open-source contributions include meaningful improvements to high-profile GraphQL projects like apollo-server and graphql-tools, where he strengthened error handling, debugging, and resolver validation. Comfortable across JavaScript and PHP stacks, he has also tackled database compatibility, security, and performance in Laravel search tooling. Notably, he pairs entrepreneurial grit—having founded multiple ventures—with a developer’s attention to test coverage and maintainability.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero Civil Informático, Ingeniería Civil Informática, Ingeniero Civil Informático, Ingeniería Civil Informática at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Contributions:42 releases, 106 commits, 60 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Nicolás primarily contributed to the development of a PHP trait for searching Laravel models. Their work involved refactoring and rewriting core functionalities, including database interactions and query construction. The user implemented features such as the ability to join tables within the search queries and improved the handling of database-specific syntax. Furthermore, the user addressed issues with database driver compatibility (Postgres/MySQL), SQL injection security, and optimized the search functionality.
🌍 Spec-compliant and production ready JavaScript GraphQL server that lets you develop in a schema-first way. Built for Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa, and more.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Nicolás primarily contributed to the Apollo Server integration, focusing on Hapi and Express server implementations. They addressed issues related to variable parsing and error handling, enhancing the robustness of the GraphQL server. The user also added functionality to pass custom headers in the GraphiQL interface for authentication purposes. Moreover, they incorporated logging and debugging features within the core query execution process, improving the server's maintainability and providing enhanced debugging capabilities.
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