Øystein Blixhavn
Fagleder at itverket
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolØystein Blixhavn is a senior consultant and platform architect with 11 years of experience building developer-focused systems and improving engineering flow, currently based in Oslo. He has progressed from lead web roles to platform advocacy and principal expert positions, shaping systems that reduce wasteful effort and scale for traffic spikes and complex release processes. Practical back-end expertise includes contributions to the Invenio digital library framework—fixing database exceptions, JavaScript integration points, and release issues—highlighting a knack for reliable, production-focused fixes. Øystein blends hands-on platform development with systems thinking, frequently sharing insights through talks and his technical blog to spark curiosity in other engineers. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from NTNU and consistently channels his curiosity into pragmatic improvements that raise team velocity.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
English, German
Github Skills (15)
nio10
e-library10
io10
python10
postgresql9
javascript9
database-management9
flask8
flask-ask8
aws-elasticsearch7
amazon-elasticsearch7
elasticsearch-api7
elasticsearch7
rabbitmq7
elasticsearchquery7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
inveniosoftware/invenio
Sep 2014 - Dec 2015
Invenio digital library framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 14 PRs, 29 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Øystein primarily contributes to the back-end functionality of the Invenio digital library framework, focusing on bug fixes and feature enhancements. The contributions include fixing JavaScript code related to the BibMerge module, adding configuration variables to a Python script, and fixing database exceptions in Bibtasks. The user demonstrates experience in database interactions, particularly in the context of the Invenio framework. Additionally, the user is involved in the release process, as evidenced by the changes related to removing hard-coded tabs.
digital-librarymultimedia-repositorypythonredisinveniosoftware
blixhavn/docker-registry-retention
Apr 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 release, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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