Robert Konrad
Programmer at Freiberuflich
Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Konrad is a pragmatic systems-oriented programmer with 14 years of experience building and optimizing low-level multimedia, graphics and runtime tooling. Based in Egelsbach, Germany, he has shipped platform-specific rendering and audio streaming improvements across projects like Kha/Kore and contributed HLSL backend fixes to the widely used SPIRV-Cross, demonstrating deep familiarity with shader translation and cross-platform backends. His work on hxcpp shows attention to memory management and concurrency in C++ runtimes, while contributions to WebAudio and WebGPU/Direct3D integrations reveal a knack for bridging native and web platforms. Formerly a researcher at TU Darmstadt and a senior developer at DECK13, he now consults as a freelance programmer, combining research-driven rigor with production-grade engineering.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
Github Skills (25)
spirv10
c-language10
shader10
multiplatform10
compilation10
haxe10
memory-management10
cross-platform10
shaderc10
web-audio-api10
graphics-programming10
compile10
html10
compiler10
audio-streaming10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Kode/Kore
May 2013 - Jan 2023
Modern low level game library and hardware abstraction.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 3473 commits, 638 PRs in 9 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Robert made several contributions to the low-level game library, focusing on improving the rendering and hardware abstraction layer. They modified code related to texture coordinate clamping and various graphics backends (Direct3D12 and WebGPU), indicating work on platform-specific rendering implementations. They also added empty implementations for handling mouse cursors on multiple operating systems and fixed window-related issues.
hardware
Kode/Kha
Oct 2011 - Jan 2023
Ultra-portable, high performance, open source multimedia framework.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 4025 commits, 632 PRs in 11 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Robert's commits focused on implementing audio streaming capabilities within the "kha" multimedia framework, with a specific emphasis on the HTML5 backend. They modified code to incorporate WebAudio for improved audio streaming, including implementing features for handling MP4 and Ogg audio formats. They addressed specific aspects of audio streaming, such as managing audio channel states, memory, and potential issues in Chrome 66+. They also added support for a variety of audio stream modifications.
media-libraryzerostreamingultraaudio
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