Stefan Berder
CEO, Co-founder at gams
Bangkok, Thailand
Summary
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SeniorStefan Berder is a versatile engineering leader and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience building resilient systems, from low-level network architecture to product-driven cloud platforms. As CEO and co-founder of gams in Bangkok, he leads the development of a smart environment monitoring platform that blends operational rigour with clean‑tech impact. A lifelong builder who started programming on an Amstrad CPC6128 and found his way in the GNU/Linux and open-source communities, he now favors Python and pragmatic, testable engineering practices. His background spans system and network architecture at large telco environments, devops and training programs, and early-stage product leadership where he introduced Kanban and reproducible deployment workflows. Stefan has contributed to well-known open-source tooling like the Pelican static site generator, improving core extensibility and internationalization. He pairs hands‑on technical depth with a proven ability to turn complex operational requirements into usable, cost‑efficient products.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
French, English, Chinese
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Github Skills (6)
pelican10
python-dateutil10
python10
static-site-generator10
signal9
algorithm6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
getpelican/pelican
Jul 2013 - Sep 2014
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Stefan primarily contributed to the core functionality and features of the Pelican static site generator. Their work included adding a port option to the server, implementing a signal for article writing to enhance extensibility, and changing the date metadata parsing to use the dateutil.parser library for improved date handling. The user also integrated language support for drafts, expanding the software's capabilities. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the system's flexibility and functionality.
markdownpythonstatic-site-generatorpelican
hrbonz/django-flexisettings
Nov 2012 - Nov 2019
Django flexible settings with running environment support, separate security files and project layout detection.
Contributions:94 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 7 years
djangoproject-layoutsecurity
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