Rolf Hoksaas
Teacher at Learnist
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolRolf Hoksaas is a computing student and teacher in Oslo with eight years of hands-on experience and a deep passion for low-level programming and system architecture. He combines an MSc-focused trajectory in programming and system architecture with a BA in philosophy, bringing unusual strengths in ethics and linguistics to pragmatic software design. An active open-source contributor for over a decade, Rolf has improved networking visibility in the popular Waybar project by adding gateway address reporting and polishing module reliability. He favors declarative, correct approaches but prioritizes pragmatic, approachable solutions that users actually adopt. Comfortable both teaching and debugging intricate system issues, he blends technical rigor with clear communication and a knack for finding elegant fixes.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Applied Data Science, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Applied Data Science at NoroffMSc Informatics, Programming and System Architecture, MSc Informatics, Programming and System Architecture at University of Oslo
English, Spanish, Norwegian, Catalan
Stackoverflow
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29answers
16questions
Github Skills (24)
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networking9
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wayland8
gtk8
payment-gateway8
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transit-gateway8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
Alexays/Waybar
Sep 2021 - Jan 2022
Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. :v: :tada:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 13 commits, 2 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Rolf primarily focused on enhancing the network module, adding functionality to retrieve and display gateway addresses within the Waybar status bar. They introduced the `gwaddr` variable and incorporated it into the network module's data display, retrieving gateway information from routing tables. Further modifications included fixing indentation, removing debugging statements, and updating debug messages. These changes aimed to improve the accuracy and usability of the network status information within Waybar.
waylandwlrootsswaystatusbargtk
mazunki/uio
Aug 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:212 commits, 160 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 2 months
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