Nikos Chantziaras
Software Development Contractor at Self-Employed
Greece
Summary
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SeniorNikos Chantziaras is a seasoned software development and Linux systems contractor with 17 years of hands-on experience in C, C++, and .NET/C#, delivering everything from systems-level code to desktop applications and server infrastructure. He modernizes legacy codebases, ports projects across platforms, and maintains reliable Linux server environments as an independent consultant based in Greece. An active open source contributor, he has authored and maintained interactive fiction tooling (Frobtads, Qtads, Hugor) and contributed gameplay-facing fixes and optimizations to the widely used RetroArch frontend, improving video driver handling and Linux GameMode support. Comfortable balancing low-level performance work with managed-code projects, he combines practical pragmatism with a long-term commitment to maintainability and cross-platform portability.
16 years of coding experience
English, German, Greek
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
libretro/RetroArch
Nov 2019 - Mar 2022
Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 13 commits, 12 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Nikos primarily focused on optimizing the RetroArch frontend by addressing video driver reinitialization issues to prevent freezing during gameplay. They made several improvements including preventing unnecessary video driver re-initializations and correctly handling aspect ratio changes. Furthermore, they added a hotkey for toggling the display of technical statistics, a feature to support Linux GameMode, and support for toggling sync to exact content framerate. They also made minor fixes and improvements to the code base.
apilicensedretroarchlinuxlibretro-api
realnc/RetroArch
Nov 2019 - Mar 2022
THIS IS JUST A PERSONAL FORK. DO NOT USE THIS REPO FOR ANYTHING.
Contributions:1 PR, 81 pushes, 28 branches in 2 years 4 months
do-not-use
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