Philip Nagler-frank is a Co-Founder and CTO with 12 years of hands-on software engineering and leadership experience, currently building ReconWell from Straubing, Bavaria. He blends full-stack development, DevOps automation and coaching—having shipped production systems at startups and contributed to notable open-source projects like Apache Thrift and a Docker-based LineageOS CI/CD pipeline. Comfortable moving between build scripts, JavaScript/ES6 fixes, and CI/CD tooling, he focuses on making complex build and deployment processes reliable and reproducible. A practiced teacher and mentor, he has led technical training roles and curriculum-driven positions that inform his developer-first leadership style. His work ethic centers on Learn, Build, Teach, Repeat, reflected in both commercial projects and community contributions that bridge automation and developer ergonomics. Trained in computer science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, he combines academic grounding with pragmatic startup execution.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Docker microservice for LineageOS Continuous Integration and Continous Deployment
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
Contributions:25 reviews, 104 commits, 79 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Philip primarily contributed to the automation and configuration of the LineageOS build process using Docker. They implemented and modified build scripts (`build.sh`) to support new LineageOS versions and signature spoofing, and incorporated build artifacts management. Furthermore, they focused on ensuring the build environment was correctly configured. The user's work streamlined the CI/CD pipeline, as reflected by changes related to patching and build date.
Contributions:7 commits, 12 PRs, 11 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Philip primarily contributed to the JavaScript client library within the Apache Thrift project. Their work included fixing bugs related to WebSocket callbacks and ES6 compatibility. They also added new features such as generating ES6-compatible JavaScript code and integrating the test suite. Moreover, they updated build processes and dependencies.
actionscriptapache-thriftnetwork-clientdartapache
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