Samo Planinc is a Senior Game Developer and Relations Manager based in Ljubljana with 15 years of experience solving complex problems at the intersection of game development, business development, and community relations. He combines creative systems thinking—honed through competitive public speaking and a passion for board games—with hands-on technical quality work, including test automation contributions to the tikzplotlib project. His background in law (LLB and Master's from the University of Ljubljana) gives him a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to negotiations and stakeholder management. Comfortable both on stage and in the studio, Samo excels at translating ambitious creative visions into reliable, well-tested outcomes while keeping teams and communities aligned.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Law, Master's degree, Law at University of Ljubljana
:bar_chart: Save matplotlib figures as TikZ/PGFplots for smooth integration into LaTeX.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Samo focused on improving the quality of the `tikzplotlib` library by adding and refining tests. Their contributions include creating a new test case for `contourf` plots and modifying existing tests for better accuracy and coverage. They also addressed and fixed linting warnings in the test files. The user's work improved the reliability of the library.
Contributions:284 commits, 16 pushes in 6 years 11 months
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Samo Planinc - Senior Game Developer, Relations Manager