Nikolai Kamenev
Digitalization Professional
Saarland, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolNikolai Kamenev is a Digitalization Professional based in Saarland, Germany, with 11 years of experience at the intersection of research, product development, and entrepreneurial ventures. He blends a technical developer toolkit—Go, Lua, PHP (Laravel, Phalcon)—with business and digital strategy from roles founding startups like The House of Intelligence and TUNU and his current work at the August‑Wilhelm Scheer Institut. Nikolai has hands-on open-source contributions, notably enhancing the popular macOS menu bar tool xbar to better run and parameterize scripts without disrupting the user experience. His background in business administration and a Master in Wirtschaftsinformatik enables him to translate complex technical possibilities into practical, market-ready solutions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who enjoys making ideas tangible and automating workflows that bridge research and real-world product needs.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Betriebswirtschaftslehre at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des SaarlandesAusbildung, Bankkaufmann, Ausbildung, Bankkaufmann at Stadtsparkasse VölklingenMaster, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Master, Wirtschaftsinformatik at Universität des SaarlandesFachhochschulreife, Fachhochschulreife at BBZ Merzig Fachoberschule
Github Skills (9)
objective-c10
macos10
script10
bash10
scripting9
terminal-application9
terminal-emulator9
bitbar8
menubar8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
matryer/xbar
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Nikolai primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the macOS menu bar application, `xbar`, by enabling the execution of bash scripts from menu items. They implemented features to launch scripts in the terminal and added the ability to pass parameters to these scripts. Further improvements included addressing a double terminal opening bug and allowing the execution of scripts without opening the terminal, expanding the usability of the application.
statusbarscriptingmacosxxbarmenu
chocofamilyme/laravel-tarantool
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
A Tarantool based Eloquent ORM and Query builder for Laravel
Contributions:1 release, 23 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years 4 months
queryeloquent-ormphpbuilderquery-builder
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