Torsten Schuster is an application consultant and pragmatic software architect with 11 years of experience designing and implementing SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure solutions from the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area. He blends deep Microsoft-stack expertise with open computer science principles and a hacker’s curiosity—comfortable applying Linux tools alongside Azure in hybrid environments. As a hands-on contributor to notable open-source projects like PnP and Miniblog.Core, he focuses on backend stability, localization, and practical bug fixes that improve real-world developer workflows. Torsten runs freelance architecture engagements while consulting at DREGER IT, bringing both independent initiative and enterprise delivery experience. His background in electromechanical and electronic design informs a systems-oriented approach to software architecture and integration.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Ing., Electromechanical and Electronic Design / Information Technology, Dipl.-Ing., Electromechanical and Electronic Design / Information Technology at Technische Universität Dresden
Contributions:7 commits, 16 PRs, 23 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Torsten primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements for the ASP.NET Core blogging engine. Their work includes addressing issues with URL generation, fixing connection problems with LiveWriter, and updating the TinyMCE editor. The user also implemented tag/category completion on the edit page and resolved issues related to non-ASCII slugs. Furthermore, they made adjustments to the handling of DateTime data and file saving.
SharePoint / Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices - Archived older solutions. Please see https://aka.ms/m365pnp for updated guidance
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:13 commits, 30 PRs, 60 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Torsten's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and stability of the SharePoint/Office 365 developer patterns and practices repository. They addressed issues related to solution installation, ensuring proper initialization of root folders and localized error messages. Additional work included disabling a mobile view feature and fixing lookup field updates, and also involved deleting a list during debug mode to prevent orphaned event receivers.
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