Deon Takpuie
Web Developer at Flow Communications (South Africa)
Johannesburg Metropolitan Area South Africa
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Top SchoolDeon Takpuie is a web developer with nine years of hands-on experience building scalable, multi-tenant and enterprise systems across LAMP, MEAN and cloud environments. He has delivered production software for e-commerce, courier logistics, sports engagement and bespoke enterprise integrations, often pairing backend services (Laravel, Node.js, Java) with modern front-ends (Vue, Inertia, AngularJS) and containerized deployments on AWS. A University of Cape Town graduate with an MSc in Information Systems, he blends strong software engineering fundamentals—algorithms, compilers and HPC interests—with practical business-analysis skills like UML, requirements gathering and database design. He contributes open-source tooling such as an npm icon downloader and is passionate about blockchain, decentralized money and AR, which informs his curiosity-driven approach to new architectures. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex domain processes into reliable, testable systems and to mentor academic projects through to delivery.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
National Senior Certificate, 78.43, National Senior Certificate, 78.43 at Durban High SchoolBachelor of Science (BSc) Hons, Computer Science, 73, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Hons, Computer Science, 73 at University of Cape Town
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Github Skills (18)
scrape8
png7
php7
magento6
ecommerce6
adobe3
mean-stack2
spring-boot1
swagger1
spring1
full-stack1
java1
unit-testing1
affiliates1
crud1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DTaksta/icondownloader
Sep 2016 - Nov 2019
Small project to scrape and download PNG icons from a web page.
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 3 years 2 months
pngscrape
flowsa/flow-re-captcha-craft4
Feb 2025 - Mar 2026
Contributions:2 pushes, 3 tags in 1 year
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