Ricardo Boss
Senior Software Developer at itwh - Institut für technisch-wissenschaftliche Hydrologie GmbH
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Top SchoolRicardo Boss is a pragmatic software developer based in Bremen with 11 years of hands-on experience, currently working as a C# developer at TRENZ GmbH and contributing to long-term projects since apprenticeship. He combines backend engineering chops with a web-native mindset, evidenced by meaningful contributions to the widely used PHP static analysis tool Psalm—fixing enum-related bugs, improving literal and return type handling, and adding readonly enum properties. Comfortable across small companies and startups, Ricardo has moved between roles that emphasize reliable backend systems and tooling improvements. He’s notable for blending production C# work with open-source static analysis contributions, showing an eye for code correctness and developer ergonomics that often goes beyond typical feature delivery.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Abitur at Max-Planck-GymnasiumApprenticeship Fachinformatik Anwendungsentwicklung, Apprenticeship Fachinformatik Anwendungsentwicklung at Schulzentrum SII Utbremen Bremen
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
typehinting10
php10
type-inference10
type-checking10
static-analysis10
enums10
security9
phpunit9
security-scan9
security-testing9
json6
netcore6
system-text-json6
laravel6
middleware6
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
vimeo/psalm
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
A PHP static analysis tool for finding errors and security vulnerabilities in PHP applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 14 commits, 10 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ricardo primarily contributed to the improvement of the PHP static analysis tool, Psalm. Their work focused on fixing bugs, such as addressing issues related to enums and the `round()` function. They also added features, like making properties of enums readonly and adding annotations. Additionally, the user updated the tool's handling of literal types and return types for various functions.
phpphp-applicationsecuritystatic-analysisvulnerabilities
ricardoboss/cupertino_battery_indicator
Mar 2023 - Jan 2026
Contributions:4 releases, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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