Top C Developer in Zagreb, Croatia: Ivan Voras

Employment

Developer
2015 - PRESENT
Ideja na kvadrat (Self-employed)
- Developed back-end for a Bitcoin tool.
- Handled DBA and DevOps for both large companies and startups.
Technologies: C, Go, Python, PostgreSQL
Kernel Developer
2007 - PRESENT
FreeBSD
- Wrote kernel-side code.
- Designed and implemented a device-level journaling module.
- Designed and implemented a virtual storage module.
- Gave talks at annual FreeBSD conferences.
- Participated in the vibrant international community of users and developers.
Technologies: C
Open Source Developer
2000 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Authored dozens of open source projects, including applications and libraries.
- Created a high performance memory cache server that was faster and had more features than Memcached (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdcached/).
- Built a module for PostgreSQL (written in C) to extend the full-text-search facility with support for the Croatian language (https://bitbucket.org/ivoras/pgdict_hrsufx).
- Developed a module for PostgreSQL (written in C) to support on-the-fly encryption of common data types (https://bitbucket.org/ivoras/pgenctypes/).
- Created a client-side public key encryption module in JavaScript and PHP for secure user authentication without SSL (https://bitbucket.org/ivoras/rsalogin/).
- Developed a fixed-point header library in C for environments without floating point support (e.g. embedded) (http://sourceforge.net/projects/fixedptc/).
- Created an encrypted notepad app for desktop and Android for editing and directly saving encrypted files (http://sourceforge.net/projects/enotes/).
- Updated a blog regularly at http://ivoras.net/blog/tree/.
Technologies: C, C++, Python, PHP, Java
Internet Services Architect
2001 - 2015
University of Zagreb
- Designed and implemented the core of a web content management system back when they were a new concept (2001-2002).
- Worked as a technology and product architect.
- Designed a very modular web application framework.
- Designed and optimized the design of the database to include recent PostgreSQL features.
- Designed and implemented the server-side environment based on FreeBSD for high performance and uptime.
- Spearheaded the implementation of new technologies into existing products and processes.
- Completed a PhD in efficient multithreaded client-server architecture.
Technologies: PHP, PostgreSQL

Experience

Daisy Blockchain (Development)
https://github.com/ivoras/daisy
A private blockchain where blocks are SQLite databases, in Go.
Bullet Cache (Development)
A memory cache server faster than Memcached (in its timeframe) and with more features, such as cache record tagging and tagged expiry. It also has more flexible operations on multiple cached items.
Needle Search Server (Development)
https://bitbucket.org/ivoras/needle
A very fast and streamlined full text search server using Google's LevelDB for storage. It acts as a pure REST server over FastCGI and is implemented completely in C++.
My Electronics Blog (Other amazing things)
http://ivoras-electronics.tumblr.com/
Since late 2015, I've been doing an increasing amount of work with Arduinos and similar-style electronics. I've created a blog to share what I've learned and to learn from the comments!

I'm currently interested in low-power design and solar power.
Guide to Multi-processing Network Server Models (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/software/guide-to-multi-processing-network-server-models
In this article, Toptal engineer Ivan Voras provides a useful overview and comparison of multi-processing network server models, with the goal being to take some of the mystery out of writing high performance networking code. The article is intended for "system programmers", i.e., back-end developers who will work with the low-level details of their applications, implementing network server code.
Software Development Anywhere: My Distributed Remote Workplace (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/remote/software-development-anywhere-my-distributed-remote-workplace
Working as a remote software development freelancer has many benefits, but setting up an effective distributed working environment can be a real challenge. In this article, Toptal Engineer Ivan Voras describes how he leverages SSH and a number of related technologies, along with the Raspberry Pi and ownCloud, to be able to work effectively from anywhere.
Installing Django on IIS: A Step-by-Step Tutorial (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/django/installing-django-on-iis-a-step-by-step-tutorial
Although the most wide-spread and supported way of running Django is on a Linux system (e.g., with uwsgi and nginx), it actually doesn't take much work to get it to run on IIS. In this article, Toptal Engineer Ivan Voras walks you through a step-by-step tutorial, clearly explaining how to install Django on IIS.

Skills

Languages
Go, SQL, Python, C, Stored Procedure, Regex, PL/pgSQL, JavaScript, C++, Pascal
Frameworks
Django, Knockout.js, Flask, Bootstrap, Android SDK, Boost C++
Tools
Ansible, PuTTY, Vim Text Editor, Apache, GitHub, Django-admin-tools, Trac, Subversion (SVN), Bitbucket, KVM/Qemu, Nginx, Mercurial, SQL Prompt, VirtualBox, Postfix, Notepad++, MediaWiki, HSQLDB, Git, cURL Command Line Tool, Virtualenv, Trello, GCC, VPN, Eclipse IDE, Asana
Paradigms
Concurrent Programming, Database Design, Back-end Architecture, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), DevOps, REST, Socket Programming, Real-time systems, High-performance Computing, Refactoring, Functional Programming, Clean Code, Data-driven Programming, Object-oriented Design (OOD)
Platforms
Blockchain, Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi, BSD, Red Hat Linux, Debian Linux, CentOS 6, CentOS, Kubuntu Linux, Linux RHEL/CentOS, Unix, FreeBSD, Linux, Xen, Django CMS, Android, Raspbian, Kernel Programming, Keychain, Win32, Arduino, WinNT, Amazon Web Services (AWS), JSE
Storage
PostgreSQL, Database Performance, SQLite, Memcached, Cache, FlatFile, Database Administration (DBA), SQL Stored Procedures, Database Modeling, NoSQL, LevelDB, DB, Redis, smbd, MySQL, Cassandra, SQL Performance, MySQL daemon, Internal Databases, Database Replication, JSON, Apache Derby, Firebird, LVM, CouchDB, Berkeley DB, MongoDB
Other
Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Development, SSL, Bitcoind, Back-end Development, System Architecture, HTTP, Open Source, System Administration, SSH, Memory Mapped Files, Documentation, White Papers, Software Architecture, Security Policies & Procedures, Architecture, ESP8266, Hardware, Electronics, Firmware, Network Programming, WebSockets, Bluetooth, Distributed File Systems, Cryptography, Ethernet, Networks, Web Services, UDP, Encryption, TCP, Embedded Systems, Site Speed Optimization, Version Control, Public-key cryptography, SMTP, SFTP, FTP, GNU, Unix/Linux Virtualization, TCP/IP, Bitcoin, RSync, Multithreading, Writing, iSCSI, Hash, Regular Expressions, HTTP Server, Data Structures, Prototyping, Consulting, Digital Electronics, Electronic Engineering, Algorithms, ARM Embedded, Apache Cassandra, Martini, Electrical Engineering, System Design, NFS, IMAP, Unix Shell Scripting, Genetic Algorithms, RPC, Memory profiling, Social Network Integration, SSO, Protocol Buffers, RSA, OAuth, Peer-to-Peer networking, AJAX, Lean Development
Libraries/APIs
LibC, Sockets, HTTP API, POSIX, Lazarus, Arduino RTC, Web3.js, Masonry, Python Imaging Library, LocalStorage, AES, Puppet.js, Java Security, ODBC, Social APIs, Pygame, FFmpeg, SDL, PyGTK, Google API, pcap, ZeroMQ, jQuery

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