Nikolay Korotkiy
Software Developer at Wiren Board
Perímetro Urbano Armenia, Quindío, Colombia
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Top SchoolNikolay Korotkiy is a software developer with 17 years of experience building reliable, low-level and distributed systems, currently contributing at Wiren Board after a decade as a senior engineer at Genesys. He has deep expertise in telephony, SIP, real-time orchestration and safety-critical networking protocols from roles at Genesys, JSC NIIAS and Lanit-Tercom. Nikolay combines strong theoretical foundations—a Master’s in Mathematics and Mechanics from Saint Petersburg State University—with pragmatic engineering, shipping complex SCXML/JavaScript orchestration and SIP feature servers. An active open-source localizer, he has broadened usability for global projects like GoldenDict, qTox and GPXSee by maintaining translations across multiple languages, including Finnish and Esperanto. Based in Armenia, Quindío, he brings a niche interest in NixOS, OpenStreetMap/geospatial tooling, Gemini and amateur radio (HAM), reflecting a blend of systems-minded curiosity and community-focused contributions. Colleagues value him for tackling intricate protocol-level problems while improving accessibility for international users.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Mathematics and Mechanics, M.S., Mathematics and Mechanics at Saint Petersburg State University
English, Finnish, Russian
Stackoverflow
178reputation
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5answers
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Github Skills (23)
translation10
finnish10
internationalization10
localization10
r-language10
rlang10
qt9
cplus9
cpp9
messaging7
bsd6
pygments6
privacy6
communications6
sed6
Programming languages (33)
Github contributions (5)
tumic0/GPXSee
Jan 2018 - Jan 2023
GPS log file viewer and analyzer with support for GPX, TCX, KML, FIT, IGC, NMEA, SLF, SML, LOC, GPI, GeoJSON and OziExplorer files.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:207 commits, 23 PRs, 195 comments in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nikolay contributed translations to the GPXSee project, adding Russian and Finnish translations and updating existing ones, including fixing typos. The user's commits focused on modifying language files, demonstrating a primary role in localizing the application's user interface for multiple languages. These changes involved modifying translation files across several commits, indicating a focus on improving the accessibility of the application for users in different regions.
garminigcfitgpxwms
goldendict/goldendict
Nov 2016 - Jan 2021
A feature-rich dictionary lookup program, supporting multiple dictionary formats (StarDict/Babylon/Lingvo/Dictd) and online dictionaries, featuring perfect article rendering with the complete markup, illustrations and other content retained, and allowing you to type in words without any accents or correct case.
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:12 commits, 10 PRs, 24 comments in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nikolay primarily contributed to the localization of the GoldenDict project by adding and updating translations for various languages, including Finnish and Esperanto. Their commits involve modifying `.ts` files, which contain the translatable strings for the application's user interface. This work reflects a focus on making the dictionary software accessible to a broader international audience by providing localized language support.
stardictpythonfeature-richperfectillustrations
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