Tom Praschan
Softwareentwickler at LUIS Technology
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolTom Praschan is a software developer based in Bielefeld with 10 years of experience building robust C++/Qt systems by day and exploring Rust, Kotlin and Dart in personal projects by night. He has shipped production software at Müller-Elektronik and now works at LUIS Technology, bringing a physics-trained, analytical approach from an MS in Physics. An active open-source contributor, Tom has made substantive contributions to high-profile editor projects like Neovim and the popular VimTeX plugin, improving LSP integration, indentation behavior, and fzf-based navigation. He focuses on backend reliability and developer experience, often addressing memory leaks, code clarity, and parsing logic. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who balances low-level performance concerns with thoughtful UX improvements. Notably, his cross-language fluency lets him prototype quickly in modern languages while maintaining mature C++ codebases.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS Physik, Master of Science - MS Physik at Paderborn University
Github Skills (12)
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neovim10
c1710
vim10
lua10
fzf10
c1110
text-editor10
python10
vim-plugin9
api9
latex8
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
neovim/neovim
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 reviews, 2 commits, 13 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Tom contributed to the core functionality of the Neovim text editor, focusing on features related to code indentation and language server protocol (LSP) integration. Their work included implementing new options for indentation behavior, particularly around scope declarations, and addressing memory leaks. They also made improvements to the LSP integration, including handling ranges for formatting and enhanced features for working with code locations.
usabilityapiluavimvim-plugin
lervag/vimtex
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
VimTeX: A modern Vim and neovim filetype plugin for LaTeX files.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 5 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Tom focused on enhancing the user experience within the VimTeX plugin, specifically integrating fzf for improved file navigation. They implemented features such as adding basic fzf integration, supporting selective filtering of table of contents (ToC) layers, and adding coloring to the fzf output. The user also made improvements to the ToC parsing logic and refactored code for clarity, demonstrating proficiency in the plugin's codebase.
vimvim-pluginvimtexfiletypefiletype-plugin
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