Tony Ganch
Software Engineer at Sidekick Browser
Prague, Czechia
Summary
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RockstarTony Ganch is a software engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in cross-platform desktop application development and build systems, currently based in Prague and working at Sidekick Browser. He has a strong track record contributing to high-profile open-source projects in the Electron/Chromium ecosystem, where his work ranged from native macOS features and UX fixes to build configuration and automation for complex C++ components. Tony combines full-stack debugging and feature work with build-and-release engineering, demonstrating comfort across user-facing UI concerns and low-level build scripts. His contributions show an attention to platform quirks—especially macOS—and a habit of adding tests and removing brittle checks to improve long-term maintainability. Quietly pragmatic, he tends to tackle thorny compilation and integration issues that unblock teams and shipping.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (14)
macos10
javascript10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
gn10
electron10
debug9
debugging9
html8
testing8
css7
nodejs7
icu5
v85
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
electron/libchromiumcontent
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Shared library build of Chromium’s Content module
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 25 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Tony contributed to the build system and component structure of the Chromium content library. Their work included adding a new export for latency information, which likely involved build configuration changes. They also fixed accelerator key handling and made modifications to build configurations. Furthermore, they adapted build scripts for macOS and made changes to the component template in various build files for libraries like ICU and V8.
shared-librarybuild-librarychromechromiumchrome-extension
electron/electron
Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
:electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 6 PRs, 7 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Tony primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the Electron framework. Their work involved reverting and enabling features related to native macOS tabs, addressing compilation issues, and improving the user experience by fixing title bar visibility. Furthermore, the user added tests and removed a page URL check, demonstrating an understanding of the framework's internal workings. The commits show a strong focus on cross-platform desktop application development, specifically targeting macOS.
jsc-plus-plusdesktop-appscssjavascript
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