Niko Storni
DevOps And Infrastructure Engineer at Odysee
Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNiko Storni is a DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer based in Lugano, Switzerland, with a decade of hands-on experience building reliable server-side systems and developer tools. Skilled in Golang, SQL and full-stack work, he has contributed to prominent open-source projects in the LBRY/Odysee ecosystem—improving blockchain-to-SQL sync (chainquery), enhancing web UX and YouTube integration on lbry.com, and refining the LBRY desktop app’s media delivery. His background blends traditional ops work with blockchain engineering, database schema design and front-end tweaks, giving him a rare full-stack perspective on decentralized media platforms. A former community moderator and founder, he pairs technical craft with community-first product thinking and a knack for practical automation that scales.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Information Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Information Technology at VAMKBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Information Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Information Technology at SUPSI
English, Italian, French, German, swiss italian dialect
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
website-development10
back-end-development10
model-driven10
data-synchronization10
ui-design10
data-sync10
model-building10
php10
go10
front-end-development10
blockchain10
backend10
modeling10
react10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
OdyseeTeam/chainquery
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Chainquery parses and syncs the LBRY blockchain data into structured SQL
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:60 commits, 6 PRs, 72 pushes in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Niko primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Chainquery project, specifically focusing on database interactions and data synchronization from the LBRY blockchain. Their work involved modifying data models, including database schema changes, to align structures with the lbrycrd data. They also worked on improving the efficiency of data processing, particularly within the claimtrie synchronization process, and fixing related bugs. The commits demonstrate an understanding of Go, SQL, and database optimization techniques.
structuredblockchain-platformsqlblockchainblockchain-data
lbryio/lbry.com
Jan 2017 - Nov 2021
lbry.com, the website for the LBRY protocol
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:48 commits, 14 PRs, 48 pushes in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Niko primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the LBRY.com website, particularly around the YouTube integration features. They made several changes to the PHP-based backend, including updating the PHP version, modifying caching mechanisms, and fixing issues with channel name handling. Additionally, the user worked on the frontend, modifying the user interface for the YouTube sync feature and improving the status page, and integrating recaptcha.
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