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Michał Tatarynowicz, Web App Development Developer in Elblag, Poland
Michał Tatarynowicz

Web App Development Developer in Elblag, Poland

Member since July 18, 2014
Michał has been a professional full-time developer for over a decade. Before that, he worked mostly in advertising companies doing technical, print-related work, and website development. He is very passionate about code quality and how it relates to developer productivity and the company bottom line.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Elblag, Poland

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

PhpStorm, Git, Composer

The most amazing...

...thing I've done is to start the CakePHP open source project, a set of tools for building web apps that is currently in use by tens of thousands of websites.

Employment

  • Programmer

    2014 - PRESENT
    Assertis, Ltd.
    • Helped design and implement a train tickets eCommerce service-oriented architecture.
    • Implemented train reservations and payments based on outside APIs.
    • Created an app to pull in multiple data feeds and parse them into a single database with a helper library.
    • Created an CQRS/ES-driven multi-step refunds service.
    • Learned a great deal about testing and code quality management.
    Technologies: PHP

  • PHP Programmer

    2019 - 2020
    Egmont Publishing
    • Improved and refactored a large CMS/Publishing application running 10+ news sites.
    • Created unit and acceptance tests.
    • Added issue and bug tracking software, automated error and log gathering.
    Technologies: PHP, MySQL, AWS, Chef

  • Programmer

    2013 - 2014
    Wirtualna Polska SA
    • Created a system for storing, calculating, and displaying sports results and statistics.
    • Helped create the front and back end of a blogging platform.
    • Helped design and create a multi-datacenter, SOA-based content repository system for a group of popular websites.
    • Created a JavaScript-based Markdown-style markup language editor.
    Technologies: PHP, JavaScript, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB

  • Programmer

    2006 - 2013
    Wonderhouse.pl
    • Designed and developed a drag-n-drop, multi-site, versioned CMS with payments and domain purchasing.
    • Created a web app for tracking and visualizing occupancy and finances for hotels and hotel networks.
    • Wrote the back end for an online Farmville-type game.
    • Created and supported dozens of online competition sites, including a suite of back-office apps with graphical stats, personal data management, and spam/scam fighting tools.
    • Created a system to interface with a mobile operator gateway for a SMS-based competition.
    Technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript

  • Web Developer

    2004 - 2006
    Engine.pl
    • Created a large-scale PHP/MySQL forum.
    • Created standards-compliant websites.
    Technologies: PHP, MySQL

  • Web Master, Designer

    2003 - 2004
    Mama Design Poland
    • Created and open-sourced a PHP framework (CakePHP).
    • Created CMS-backed websites.
    • Prepared materials for offset printing.
    Technologies: PHP, Photoshop, InDesign

Experience

  • Sleeper.scot Website (Development)
    https://www.sleeper.scot

    Helped create the back-end architecture supporting ticket reservations, sales, back-office management, and refunds for a Scottish train operating company.

  • Monitoring Rynku Hotelarskiego (via Wonderhouse) (Development)

    An app for tracking and visualizing occupancy and finances for hotels and hotel networks using PHP5, MySQL, and Google Charts API.

  • CakePHP Framework (Other amazing things)
    http://cakephp.org/

    I started the CakePHP open source project, which is a set of tools to make building web apps easier. It is currently used by tens of thousands of websites, is actively developed by 50+ programmers, and has received more than 5,000 stars on GitHub.

  • WebRobi (via Wonderhouse) (Development)

    A multi-website, drag-n-drop CMS system with payments and domain purchasing. Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and vendor APIs.

  • Historia.wp.pl (via Wirtualna Polska) (Development)
    http://historia.wp.pl

    A history blog made using PHP, Java, and OracleDB.

  • Bloog.pl (via Wirtualna Polska) (Development)
    http://bloog.pl

    A rewrite of a blogging platform utilizing PHP, Java, JavaScript, and MySQL.

  • WP New Content Repository (Development)

    An internal CMS project in a multi-data-center, microservice-based architecture, including technologies such as PHP, Java, JavaScript, Python, Kafka, Consul, Docker, MongoDB, and HBase-backed Titan.

Skills

  • Languages

    PHP, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, XML

  • Frameworks

    Silex, Laravel, Symfony

  • Tools

    Slack, PhpStorm, Jira, Git, Jenkins

  • Paradigms

    SOA, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Model View Controller (MVC), REST, Clean Code, KISS, Event Sourcing, CQRS

  • Other

    Web App Development, User Experience (UX), Ajax

  • Platforms

    LAMP, Linux, Ubuntu, iOS

  • Storage

    JSON, MySQL, Memcached

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery

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