Robert Niederreiter
Co Founder at Squarewave Computing
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Summary
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RockstarRobert Niederreiter is a seasoned software engineer and co-founder with 18 years of experience building cross-platform Python applications and toolchains from Innsbruck, Austria. He combines systems-level Linux expertise with hands-on mobile and UI work—contributing significant patches to Kivy, python-for-android, and buildozer to streamline APK/iOS builds and media support. As IT Architect & Engineer at Squarewave Computing and co-founder of r2 Solutions, he bridges architecture, automation, and release engineering, often modifying build tooling and native integrations (including Java and Xcode). His open-source contributions reveal a pragmatic focus on portability, dependency hygiene, and developer workflows rather than headline features.
18 years of coding experience
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
parserator10
git10
parser10
ios10
python10
packaging10
ui-design10
kivy10
icalendar10
uid10
automation10
front-end-development10
android10
management10
version-control10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
collective/icalendar
Aug 2012 - Nov 2015
icalendar parser library for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily worked on the icalendar parser library for Python. Their commits focused on refining the library's functionality by addressing data type consistency issues within the `prop.py` file, and by updating the `setup.py` configuration to manage version releases. The user also made changes to the documentation and test reports, suggesting an effort to improve overall project quality and maintainability. These contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing the core logic and release management aspects of the iCalendar library.
icalendarparser-librarypythonparseralarm
kivy/python-for-android
Dec 2016 - Jun 2021
Turn your Python application into an Android APK
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:3 reviews, 6 commits, 12 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on updating and maintaining recipes for building Python applications into Android APKs, specifically related to dependencies like pyopenssl, enum34, and pyasn1. They removed superfluous recipes and updated versions of ffmpeg and ffpyplayer recipes. The user also refactored the code, moving unpacking data functionality and error handling to the correct classes. This work involved modifying Java code for Android integration.
pythonandroid-apkandroid-frameworkpackagingapk
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