Standa Opichal
Member Of Technical Staff at Pure Storage
Prague, Prague, Czechia
Summary
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RockstarStanda Opichal is a seasoned software engineer and architect with 24 years of experience spanning OS kernel and VM internals, distributed systems, networking, and full-stack web development. He has held senior technical and architect roles at companies like Apiary, Rossum, GoodData and now Pure Storage, consistently bridging low-level system work with pragmatic web and API design. His open-source contributions include impactful fixes and networking improvements in the Espruino JavaScript interpreter and compatibility work for Ember.js, demonstrating comfort across embedded, backend and frontend domains. Known for pragmatic tooling fluency—from UML to vi—he combines deep systems insight with hands-on driver and IoT development, a blend that helps teams deliver robust, interoperable platforms.
24 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
English, German, Russian
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Github Skills (26)
ec10
javascript10
spi10
c1110
network-programming10
c1710
i2c10
javascript-framework10
sys10
ember10
embedded10
serial-communication10
udp9
esp82669
tcp9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
espruino/Espruino
Jan 2017 - Apr 2022
The Espruino JavaScript interpreter - Official Repo
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:69 commits, 45 PRs, 175 comments in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Standa primarily contributed to the Espruino JavaScript interpreter by adding methods to the Date object, improving time synchronization using SNTP, and fixing issues related to `setTimeout` calls. Their work also involved changes to the network libraries, including adjustments to UDP and TCP socket handling and modifications to the underlying network interface, such as the W5100 and ESP8266. These changes demonstrate their involvement in core features and network capabilities of the interpreter.
javascriptinterpreterespruinojavascript-interpreter
espruino/EspruinoDocs
May 2017 - Apr 2022
See http://espruino.com for the complete Espruino Documentation - many links in this repository will not work
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 7 PRs, 6 comments in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Standa primarily contributes to drivers and modules for the Espruino JavaScript environment, focusing on interfacing with hardware components. Their work involves developing drivers for the MPR121 capacitive touch sensor, WeMos Matrix LED Shield (TM1640), and a minimal SNTP module. These contributions show expertise in interacting with hardware using I2C and SPI communication, specifically for embedded systems.
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