Sunny Ripert
CTO at Le Wagon
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolSunny Ripert is a seasoned CTO and full-stack web craftsman with 18 years of experience leading engineering teams and shipping product-focused web platforms from Paris. He combines backend expertise in Ruby/Rails and static analysis (notable contributions to RuboCop and RuboCop-Rails) with front-end polish—improving UI/UX on projects like Mastodon and the Gollum wiki. As CTO of Cults and former Lead Developer at KissKissBankBank, he pairs strategic technical leadership with hands-on coding and a strong eye for SEO, quality and problem-solving. He also teaches at Le Wagon, mentoring the next generation of engineers while staying active in open source. A practical tinkerer who bridges product thinking and developer ergonomics, he’s comfortable refactoring core libraries and shipping user-facing UI fixes alike.
18 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ingénieur Systèmes d'Informations et Génie Logiciel, Ingénieur Systèmes d'Informations et Génie Logiciel at INSIA — Institut Supérieur d'Informatique AppliquéeBaccalauréat Scientifique International Anglophone, Baccalauréat Scientifique International Anglophone at Collège-Lycée International Honoré de BalzacBrevet de Technicien Supérieur Informatique de Gestion, Brevet de Technicien Supérieur Informatique de Gestion at CEFP — Centre Européen de Formation Professionnelle
French, English
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Github Skills (33)
rubocop10
static-code-analysis10
ruby-rails10
javascript10
i18n-node10
testing10
css10
rspec10
internationalization10
formatter10
rails10
formater10
ruby10
sql-formatter10
localization10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
rubocop/rubocop
Jun 2018 - Aug 2021
A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 8 PRs, 22 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Sunny primarily contributes to the RuboCop project by enhancing the code analysis and linting features. Their work involves implementing new rules (cops) for code style, such as the `Bundler/GemComment` cop, and modifying existing ones, like `Rails/FilePath` and `Rails/Delegate`, to improve code quality and consistency. Furthermore, they update the project documentation and codebase for security and English language.
linterstyle-guidecode-formattercode-analyzerruby
gollum/gollum-lib
Mar 2013 - Jul 2014
A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 5 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Sunny primarily focused on refactoring and improving the `gollum-lib` project's codebase. They addressed whitespace issues and standardized encoding across the Ruby files. Furthermore, the user removed the `gitcode` functionality, replacing it with a `uri`-based `remote_code` implementation, which involved significant changes to the `markup.rb` and related test files. Several test-related improvements were also included, such as better test assertions.
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