Patrik Csak
Founding Engineer at Freelance
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrik Csak is a founding engineer with 11 years of experience building and scaling production web applications, currently focused on 3D surgical planning and cloud-native tooling. He blends full-stack chops—React, Node.js, Google Cloud—with performance-minded backend work, having implemented faster video processing engines and database caching for open-source projects. Patrik has led product rebuilds and new feature verticals for companies like Bring a Trailer and Rocket Loans, and shipped widely used data-visualization components at Hearst that reached millions of monthly views. An automotive enthusiast and trained musician, he brings a designer’s attention to UI (contributing to VS Code icon theming) alongside deep backend correctness work in WordPress MVC internals. Pragmatic and cross-disciplinary, he excels at turning prototypes into maintainable systems while cutting onboarding and development cycles.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music Music Theory and Composition, Bachelor of Music Music Theory and Composition at Portland State University
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Github Skills (29)
mvc-framework10
database-api10
wordpress10
databases10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
vscode-vim10
php10
vscode10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
database10
javascript9
code-optimization9
icon-pack9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
tombenner/wp-mvc
Nov 2017 - Jul 2018
An MVC framework for WordPress
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 1 comment in 7 months
Contributions summary:Patrik primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the WordPress MVC framework. Their work included fixing null type comparison issues in the database adapter and addressing undefined property notices, demonstrating a focus on code correctness. They also improved performance by caching database queries and refactored code by replacing deprecated functions with modern alternatives, enhancing the overall maintainability and efficiency of the project. The commits reveal expertise in manipulating and interacting with database systems and core framework components.
wordpressphpaspnet-mvcmvcmvc-framework
material-extensions/vscode-material-icon-theme
Feb 2019 - Apr 2020
🎨 Material Design icons for VS Code
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Patrik primarily contributed to the visual aspects and functionality of the VS Code Material Icon Theme extension. Their work involved adding and modifying file and folder icons to the theme, including support for new file types like UML, as well as updating existing icons. They also made improvements to the explorer arrows and grayscale icon features, enhancing the user interface and overall theme customization options.
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