Nikolai Onken
Managing Director at Blockasset
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolNikolai Onken is a seasoned technology executive and founder with 16 years of experience building developer tools, web platforms, and JavaScript-led products from startup to enterprise scale. Based in Amsterdam, he has led engineering and site growth roles at Cloud9 and AWS, co-founded and ran prominent JavaScript consultancies (uxebu) and product ventures, and now serves as Managing Director of NO B.V. while founding Nangu and advising blockchain startup Blockasset. He blends hands-on front-end craftsmanship—illustrated by contributions to the widely used Cloud9 core UI—with strategic leadership across product, operations and go-to-market. A former music scholar and educator, he brings a creative, user-focused perspective to technical problems and a track record of shipping pragmatic, themeable UI improvements that improve developer experience.
17 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Music, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Music at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
English, German, Dutch
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Github Skills (14)
css10
uid10
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
wordpress-themes9
wp-theme9
lessc9
dojo6
cloud9-ide6
localization6
mongodb6
nls6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
c9/core
Feb 2015 - Oct 2016
Cloud9 Core - Part of the Cloud9 SDK for Plugin Development https://c9.github.io/core/ https://c9.io
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:69 commits, 3 comments, 1 issue in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Nikolai's primary contributions involved modifying the Cloud9 core UI, specifically regarding the offline indicator and error message displays. Their work included creating, modifying, and reverting changes to the appearance and functionality of these UI elements. The user also made adjustments to the theming for different color schemes. Their work demonstrates a focus on improving user feedback and experience within the Cloud9 environment.
cloud9plugin-development
saasmanual/website
Sep 2020 - Feb 2021
The website of https://saasmanual.com
Contributions:190 commits, 61 PRs, 173 pushes in 4 months
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