Sebastian Blank
Informatiker
Karlshuld, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Blank is a seasoned Informatiker based in Karlshuld, Germany with 13 years of hands-on experience maintaining and improving backend systems. He specializes in legacy-to-modern PHP platforms, contributing notable bug fixes and improvements to well-known open-source projects like eZ Publish and Pimcore—work that spans templating, URL/session handling, image adapters, and search refinements. At :data factory GmbH since 2006 he has focused on stabilizing core functionality and reducing technical debt, often enhancing test coverage and refactoring critical components. A two-time "Most Valuable Pimconaut" (2022, 2024), he combines pragmatic maintenance skills with deep familiarity of content and experience management stacks, making him a go-to engineer for durable, production-grade fixes.
13 years of coding experience
Fachinformatiker/Anwendungsentwicklung, Fachinformatiker/Anwendungsentwicklung at Staatl. Berufsschule I Ingolstadt
Github Skills (19)
cms10
debug10
xslt10
php10
ezpublish10
deprecated10
unit-testing9
search-engine9
object-oriented-programming9
symfony9
symfony-ux9
database-design9
rest-api8
xml8
mysql8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
pimcore/pimcore
Oct 2017 - Jan 2023
Core Framework for the Open Source Data & Experience Management Platform (PIM, MDM, CDP, DAM, DXP/CMS & Digital Commerce)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:645 reviews, 551 commits, 726 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the back-end development of the Pimcore platform. Their work included fixing bugs in areas such as image handling (Imagick adapter) and object structure and also providing improvements. Additionally, the user implemented or updated functionality, such as the inclusion of additional parameters.
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ezsystems/ezpublish-kernel
Oct 2014 - Aug 2019
Kernel (Repository, MVC layer, REST) for eZ Platform
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 28 PRs, 88 comments in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily focused on improving the eZ Publish kernel, addressing bugs related to XML text conversion and URL generation. Their contributions involved modifying XSLT stylesheets to correct HTML rendering and fixing issues with language switchers and content object names. They also enhanced the testing infrastructure, adding data providers and tests for embed rendering functionality. Furthermore, the user refactored and improved the search implementation in Legacy Search Engine.
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