Vladimir Dronnikov
Senior Programmer Of Tools Department at Toadman Interactive
Tver, Tver Oblast, Russia
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Top SchoolVladimir Dronnikov is a senior tools engineer with 26 years of hands-on experience building backend systems, APIs, and automation tooling, currently leading tools development at Toadman Interactive. He blends deep systems knowledge—from ClickHouse and Postgres analytics ingestion to embedded in-game webstore backends—with a practical focus on reliability and observability. A longtime open-source contributor, he has improved documentation and stability in widely used projects like Prototype.js, node-redis and Socket.IO, and developed Lua modules for ESP microcontrollers. Vladimir holds a PhD in Physics and Mathematics and applies his research-rooted problem solving to production challenges, favoring automatic code generation and API chaining. Based in Tver, he’s also a home automation enthusiast who brings embedded IoT experience to server-side engineering.
26 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Computer simulation of liquids, nanotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Computer simulation of liquids, nanotechnology at Tver State University
Russian, English, French
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Github Skills (30)
socket-io10
json10
javascript10
parser10
redis10
testing10
http10
websocket10
esp826610
performance-testing10
lua10
websockets-client10
esp3210
nodejs10
websocket-client10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
luvit/luvit
Dec 2011 - Dec 2012
Lua + libUV + jIT = pure awesomesauce
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:76 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Vladimir primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements within the Luvit repository. They addressed issues related to memory management (malloc), function arguments, and typos. The user also enhanced the codebase with features like querystring helpers, and made significant improvements to core components such as HTTP and JSON parsing. Furthermore, the user addressed integration issues.
luajitluvitlibuvluajit
socketio/socket.io-client
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
Realtime application framework (client)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits in 29 days
Contributions summary:Vladimir contributed primarily to fixing typos within the JavaScript source code of the socket.io-client project. These fixes were focused on correcting errors within the core `socket.io.js` and minified `socket.io.min.js` files. The changes indicate a focus on code quality and attention to detail, by improving the accuracy of the code.
realtimebrowsersocket-iojavascriptframework
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