Hi there!
I’m Nikita, Software Engineer with a vast open-source portfolio and strong UI/UX background. I help turning ideas into finished working products with support at all stages.
Projects (newest to oldest)
Skija
High-quality JVM bindings for Skia graphics library.
Noria
Experimental high-performance, declarative desktop UI framework for the JVM.
Fibery
First work management platform with truly flexible domain.
[Nikita has] good development speed. Quickly got the hang of things. Great quality of code and solutions. Reliable, can delegate any task and be sure it’ll be done.
Grumpy Website
Collective blog with an in-depth look into UI/UX and design pitfalls of modern day interfaces. Tech: from-the-scratch blog engine developed live on YouTube in mere 36 hours.
If you are into product and design, you should check out grumpy.website. It has a lot of constructive feedback for y'all designers. (Think LittleBigDetails.com with a Slavic spin 😓)
Collaborative document editor
In-browser, real-time, collaborative WYSIWYG editor for complex domain-specific documents.
Nikita's productivity is phenomenal (he built a substantial portion of @cognician with us for a while). This'll be dollars well-spent!
Coaching platform
Next generation of an in-browser (including mobile) self-serve coaching platform, developed from ground up in place of a legacy system.
[Nikita] single-handedly built crucial parts of our system, with great efficiency and level-headedness [...] I can't recommend Nikita highly enough. If you can find a way to work with him, do!
AnyBar5k
General-purpose macOS menubar status indicator.
Rum1.5k
Simple, decomplected, isomorphic HTML UI library for ClojureScript (based on React) and Clojure (custom Server-Side Rendering implementation).
Fira Code50k
The most popular programming font with ligatures.
DataScript3,500+
Highly-flexible persistent in-memory storage and Datalog query engine for Clojure/Script and JS.
ClojureCourse.by
Online videos teaching Clojure language + homework + 200+ students in remote groups.
MZ Bench
Distributed benchmarking/load-testing tool with cross-machine coordination and DSL scripting.
Echo DataServer
High-load real-time monitor/data crawler & processing pipeline for Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and others.
[Nikita] is well-versed in technology and can build scalable, reliable and high-performance systems from scratch. He can work directly with a product team to flesh out requirements and define deliverables.
[Nikita] has personally hired and managed people and his team has created one of the most important products for the company in record time and with appreciable quality.
Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team.
Spectre Web framework
Web framework built from the grounds up, inspired by Django, with web sockets, for Fantom language.
Public speaking
I spoke at 40+ conferences, meetups, workshops, podcasts about technology, engineering culture, user experience and computer science.
Various Java projects
Automation, billing, prototyping for big Russian industrial facilities.
Education
Master’s degree in Information Technology at Novosibirsk State University.