Richard Topchii
Consultant at Rakettitiede
Kauniainen, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Topchii is a Helsinki-based consultant and Apple platforms software engineer with 11 years of experience building iOS and macOS apps from concept through post-launch optimization. Equally fluent in Swift and Objective-C, he has deep knowledge of core Apple frameworks and a networking background that informs robust, performant app architectures. He's contributed to popular open-source projects—like a widely used Swift calendar UI and improvements to CodeEdit—and maintains libraries relied on by thousands of developers. Richard combines hands-on UI/UX refinements (animations, popovers, image picker UX) with code quality work (refactoring, access control, finalization), and he shares iOS development insights through an active YouTube channel and social presence.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology at Xamk - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied SciencesTampere Summer School, Economics, 5, Tampere Summer School, Economics, 5 at Tampere UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Helsinki
English, Swedish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
image-picker10
ios10
user-interface10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
uid10
front-end-development10
swift10
uikit10
macos10
swiftui-app9
popover9
swiftui9
code-editor9
appkit8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
richardtop/CalendarKit
Oct 2015 - Nov 2022
📅 Calendar for Apple platforms in Swift
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:63 releases, 26 reviews, 720 commits in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the development of an iOS calendar application, creating core UI elements and functionalities. They implemented a scroll container view, date label, and views for weekdays and day symbols, indicating a focus on building the visual components and layout of the calendar interface. Additionally, the user was involved in animating the selected date label, and refactoring existing functionalities to improve code structure, all of which suggests a focus on improving the user experience.
swiftcocoapodsioscalendarios-ui
hyperoslo/ImagePicker
Aug 2015 - Oct 2017
:camera: Reinventing the way ImagePicker works.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:121 commits, 38 PRs, 53 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the development of the iOS image picker, refactoring the codebase and implementing new features. They replaced legacy code with more modern practices, added core UI components, and restructured the image stack functionality. The user also integrated image capture functionality and refined the user interface to match the original design.
image-pickeriosswiftimagepicker
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