Sebastian Rakel
Software-Entwickler at ServiceERP
Wietmarschen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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RockstarSebastian Rakel is a seasoned Software-Entwickler with 13 years of experience, currently working at ServiceERP and LANDWEHR Computer und Software GmbH in Lower Saxony, Germany. He brings strong back-end expertise and a pragmatic focus on robustness, having contributed to notable open-source projects like newsboat and voxpupuli/puppetboard. His work improving file handling, JSON parsing, socket support and query/filtering logic shows attention to edge cases and user-facing data presentation even in terminal and admin UIs. Colleagues rely on him to modernize dependencies, fix subtle parsing bugs, and add practical features that improve developer and operator workflows. Notably, he blends long-term maintenance discipline with hands-on fixes that directly enhance usability and reliability.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (17)
filesystem10
c-language10
python10
pup10
feed10
atom-feed10
flask-ask10
fileio10
cprogramming-language10
reporting-services10
flask10
sql-query9
jquery9
dashboard8
javascript8
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
voxpupuli/puppetboard
Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
Web frontend for PuppetDB
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Puppetboard web frontend. They implemented changes related to handling boolean parameters within queries, updated dependencies like jQuery, and added filtering capabilities for reports based on date ranges. Furthermore, the user addressed a menu display issue and removed Python 3.5 from the test matrix. These changes indicate active involvement in maintaining and enhancing the application's core features and functionality.
puppetdbreportingpuppetfrontenddashboard
newsboat/newsboat
May 2018 - May 2018
An RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the filebrowser functionality, focusing on improving how file types are handled and displayed. Their work involved fixing a JSON parsing error related to attachments within the ttrss API client. Key improvements include adding socket support, and incorporating formatting similar to `ls --classify`, which involved defining file type suffixes to enhance visual representation. These changes refined how file information is displayed within the application.
giftrssrss-feed-readerrss-readerterminals
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