Václav Henzl
Senior Software Engineer at LawVu
Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
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Top SchoolVáclav Henzl is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience, currently based in Queenstown, New Zealand and working at LawVu. He brings deep backend expertise, evidenced by contributions to the widely used webonyx/graphql-php project where he improved schema printing, block string handling, and support for repeatable directives to align with graphql-js behavior. Trained as an engineer in communications and informatics, Václav blends rigorous academic grounding with practical systems-level problem solving across PHP and API-focused ecosystems. He excels at untangling edge-case bugs and aligning implementations with reference specs—skills that improve interoperability and reduce maintenance drift. Colleagues rely on him for dependable, detail-oriented engineering that anticipates how small format or printing issues ripple into larger integration pain points.
13 years of coding experience
Engineer's degree, Communications and Informatics, Engineer's degree, Communications and Informatics at Brno University of TechnologyElectrical engineering, Electrical engineering at VOŠ a SPŠ Kutná Hora
Czech, English
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Github Skills (6)
graphql10
php10
graphql-php10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
api9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
webonyx/graphql-php
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
PHP implementation of the GraphQL specification based on the reference implementation in JavaScript
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 28 commits, 30 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Václav contributed to the PHP implementation of the GraphQL specification. They focused on extending the schema functionality by preserving repeatable directives, and aligning the output of block strings with the `graphql-js` v15.5. The user's work also involved fixing printing issues related to empty descriptions and types. This included significant contributions in areas related to schema printing, block string handling, and type definition.
apispecificationgraphql-phpphprest-replacement
vhenzl/dotfiles
Jan 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:33 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 2 months
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