Ronald Zielaznicki is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining full-stack systems, currently contributing at Woven Data and running his own solo venture, Random Encounter Virtual Tabletop Services. Comfortable across Python, Lua, and SQL, he has a knack for refactoring legacy code, stabilizing cron jobs, and shipping backend features—evidenced by contributions to the Mopidy Python music server. A former data analyst, Ronald pairs strong data wrangling and stored-procedure experience with hands-on debugging and customer-facing feature work. He blends professional software craft with a hobbyist maker mindset—designing wearable Raspberry Pi projects and circuit boards—which surfaces in creative, hardware-aware solutions. Based in Summerville, SC, he brings a mix of military-trained discipline from his Army mechanic days and an appetite for paired programming and mentoring new engineers.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
North Georgia College and State University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science and Computing in the Arts, Senior, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science and Computing in the Arts, Senior at College of Charleston
Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 8 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ronald primarily contributed to the Mopidy music server's back-end functionality. They addressed a spelling error and implemented the `--force` argument to the `local scan` command, enhancing the functionality of the local library scanning. Additionally, they added a maximum playlist length and configuration schema, alongside updating the changelog and integrating the `TracklistFull` exception, demonstrating their work across various aspects of the project's core functionality. They also added test cases, showing engagement with the project's testing framework.
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Ronald Zielaznicki - Software Engineer at Woven Data