Zayin Krige
Founder at Snapplify
Somerset West, South Africa
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Top SchoolZayin Krige is a seasoned software engineer and serial founder with 13 years of experience building reliable, production-grade mobile and backend systems from South Africa. He has repeatedly launched product-focused companies and SaaS platforms—from aviation training (ProFlight) to payments and logistics (vStream, Driverscan)—and combines hands-on iOS/Android development with backend, blockchain (Solidity) and cloud skills. His work prioritises correctness and auditability in domains where errors have real consequences, informed by direct operational experience as a pilot and product owner. Zayin contributes to notable open-source projects such as Google’s Objective-C REST client, improving code safety through careful static-analysis fixes. He prefers freelance remote roles and thrives on designing minimal, practical UX and strict data models that mirror real-world workflows.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyMatric High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Matric High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Parel Vallei High School
English, Afrikaans
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Github Skills (19)
objective-c10
static-analysis10
google-api9
ios9
placeholder9
apidoc9
computer-engineering9
api9
callstack9
googleapis9
code-optimization8
swift6
introspection6
uiscrollview6
nslog6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
google/google-api-objectivec-client-for-rest
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Google APIs Client Library for Objective-C for REST
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Zayin primarily focused on fixing static analysis warnings within the Google APIs Client Library for Objective-C for REST repository. The commits address issues where pointer values were being converted to boolean values. The changes involved modifying several files, including GTLRDateTime.m, GTLRUtilities.m, and GTLRService.m, to ensure proper comparison with nil or using the boolValue method. These fixes improve code quality and prevent potential runtime errors related to Objective-C code in Google's API client library.
objective-cclient-librarygooglesdkios
zkrige/EasyJSWKWebView
Oct 2016 - Oct 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 10 commits, 8 pushes in 3 years
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