Rafał Całka
Full Stack Web Developer at Umowa zlecenie/freelancing
Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolRafał Całka is a pragmatic Full Stack Web Developer with nine years of experience building and optimizing scalable web applications, currently serving as the solo developer for Android.com.pl and working freelance. He emphasizes fundamentals over framework lock-in, enabling fast adaptation and clean solutions when off-the-shelf tools fall short. A hands-on contributor to the popular Flarum forum project, he has modernized frontend and backend code—migrating JS to TypeScript, removing jQuery, and adding features like Akismet spam integration and improved pagination. Comfortable owning end-to-end systems, Rafał seeks remote-first roles that grant autonomy and trust in engineering judgment. Based in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, he pairs formal computer science training with a practical, results-driven approach to long-lived web platforms.
9 years of coding experience
Inżynier (Inż.), Computer Science, Inżynier (Inż.), Computer Science at Uniwersytet RzeszowskiTechnik Informatyk, Technik Informatyk at ZST KolbuszowaMagister (Mgr), Computer Science, Magister (Mgr), Computer Science at Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania w Rzeszowie
English, Polish
Github Skills (12)
javascript10
typescript10
typescripts10
typescript-types10
php9
forum8
laravel-mix8
co8
laravel8
apidoc7
react7
api7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
flarum/framework
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
Simple forum software for building great communities.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 10 commits, 11 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Rafał primarily focused on improving the frontend and backend functionality of the Flarum forum software. They addressed issues such as automatically appearing posts and pagination. They also refactored and modernized parts of the code, converting JavaScript to TypeScript and replacing jQuery code with vanilla JS for improved performance. Furthermore, the user worked on features like the extensibility of status widget tools and implemented code related to Akismet integration for spam detection.
forumjavascriptphpcommunitiesflarum
android-com-pl/wp-ai-alt-generator
Nov 2023 - Jul 2026
WordPress plugin that leverages OpenAI's Vision API to automatically generate descriptive alt text for images, enhancing accessibility and SEO.
Contributions:23 releases, 14 PRs, 174 pushes in 2 years 8 months
accessibilityopenaiseovision-apiwordpress-plugin
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