Rostislav Raykov
Senior Software Developer at Devies Digital Core
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Top SchoolRostislav Raykov is a senior software developer based in Gothenburg with 15 years of hands-on experience building web and mobile products, spanning front-end, back-end and iOS development. He combines interaction design training (MSc, Chalmers) with practical engineering, having shipped internal tools for enterprise clients and a successful CMS/e-commerce platform for SMEs. Comfortable across Swift, Objective‑C, JavaScript, Node.js and React, he focuses on picking the right tool for the job and prototyping usable interfaces. A mentor and organizer during a decade at The Techno Creatives, he also contributes to open source—improving CodeIgniter base models with bug fixes and tests—showing a pragmatic streak for tightening existing ecosystems. His background in psychology and long experience in telecom and banking projects give him a strong sense for usability and real-world constraints.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Mathematics Information technology English, High School Diploma Mathematics Information technology English at Geo Milev High school of Mathematics, Stara ZagoraBachelor Psychology, Bachelor Psychology at Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiMaster of Science (MSc) Interaction design, Master of Science (MSc) Interaction design at Chalmers University of Technology
Ukrainian, Swedish, English, Bulgarian
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Github Skills (16)
databases10
php10
database-api10
codeigniter10
database10
ecmascript9
react9
testing9
deprecated8
html6
macos6
jquery6
opengl6
rvm6
scons6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
jamierumbelow/codeigniter-base-model
Mar 2012 - Feb 2013
⛔️DEPRECATED CodeIgniter base CRUD model to remove repetition and increase productivity
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 PR in 11 months
Contributions summary:Rostislav primarily contributed to the CodeIgniter-based model, focusing on enhancing its functionality and fixing bugs. Their work involved modifying core model functionality to correct insert ID retrieval in callbacks, improve how `before_update` callbacks are applied, and extend the flexibility of the `_set_where` method. Additionally, the user added tests and fixed issues in related parts of the project.
codeigniterproductivityrepetitioncodeigniter4crud
zbrox/bg-ua-keyboard
Aug 2018 - Jun 2023
Bulgarian Phonetic macos keyboard layout with a sprinkle of Ukranian
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 4 years 10 months
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