Patrick Farwick
Web Developer
Europe, Germany
Summary
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RockstarPatrick Farwick is a web developer based in Germany with a decade of experience building user-focused front-end features for media applications. He contributes actively to the Jellyfin ecosystem—most notably improving the web client's comics player by implementing reliable reading-progress persistence and enhancing video/ebook resume functionality. Comfortable working across app routing and HTML5 media player internals, he blends practical UI work with thoughtful UX improvements. Patrick's open-source focus on manga, comic, and book support reflects a niche expertise in digital reading experiences that goes beyond generic media playback. Colleagues know him as a steady contributor who turns subtle edge cases (like resume behavior across formats) into polished product features.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
media9
html9
css9
jellyfin9
web-components8
streaming8
react6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
jellyfin/jellyfin-web
Oct 2021 - Sep 2022
The Free Software Media System - Official Web Client
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 15 commits, 6 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily worked on the front-end client for the Jellyfin media system, focusing on the comics player functionality. They implemented features to save and restore comic reading progress, improving the user experience. The commits also included enhancements to the HTML video player and updates to the app router for better view handling. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to the resume functionality for both PDF and ebook players.
web-clientvideosreactjellyfin
carif/jellyfin-plugin-bookshelf
Jun 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 74 pushes, 21 branches in 2 years 4 months
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