Thomas Schilling
Founder at PhotoQuest
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolThomas Schilling is a founder and hands-on software engineer with eight years' experience building Spring Boot and Kotlin applications, often pairing modern server-driven UI via htmx for pragmatic, high-quality web experiences. He consults and freelances on Spring Boot + htmx projects, has converted enterprise frontends from Angular to htmx, and builds automation platforms on Camunda, demonstrating a knack for simplifying complex workflow systems. As an open-source-minded speaker at Spring I/O, JavaZone, and Devoxx (2023–2024), he blends public speaking with practical implementation, helping teams adopt lightweight, maintainable architectures. Based in Stuttgart, he also runs PhotoQuest, a creative event photo game, showing an entrepreneurial streak that turns technical skills into tangible consumer experiences.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Tauranga Boy's CollegeFachinformatiker Anwendungsentwicklung, Information Technology, Bestanden, Fachinformatiker Anwendungsentwicklung, Information Technology, Bestanden at Berufliches Schulzentrum BietigheimWieland-Gymnasium BiberachAbitur, 1.4, Abitur, 1.4 at Karl-Arnold-SchuleComputer Science, Abgebrochen, Computer Science, Abgebrochen at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
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Github Skills (182)
htmx10
react-pdf10
pdf-generation10
javascript10
pdf-lib10
pdf-viewer10
rest10
java10
spring-boot10
hyperscript10
kotlin10
intellij10
spring10
server-side-rendering10
pdf10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
tschuehly/spring-view-component
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Server-side UI components with spring boot
Contributions:25 releases, 3 reviews, 27 commits in 28 days
htmxjtekotlinspringspring-boot
tschuehly/htmx-spring-workshop
Mar 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 122 pushes, 39 branches in 6 months
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