Stefan Küng
Softwareingenieur at Zünd Systemtechnik AG
Altstätten, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Top SchoolStefan Küng is a seasoned Swiss software engineer with 23 years of experience building desktop and embedded systems, currently contributing at Zünd Systemtechnik. Best known as a developer of TortoiseSVN and an active maintainer on TortoiseGit, he brings deep Windows shell-extension and version-control expertise while modernizing long-lived C++ codebases. His background spans firmware and PLC development, CAD software with OpenGL, and tooling for fast regex-based file search (grepWin), reflecting a rare blend of low-level systems, UI design, and developer tooling. Trained as an electrical engineer at ETH Zürich, he combines rigorous engineering foundations with practical product-focused delivery and a knack for evolving legacy projects into modern, maintainable solutions.
23 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
dipl. El. Ing., Electronics, dipl. El. Ing., Electronics at ETH Zürich
English, German
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Github Skills (20)
git10
c-language10
user-interface10
graphical-user-interface10
human-interface10
cprogramming-language10
regular-expression9
fileio9
file-access9
boost9
file-handling9
file-processing9
shell8
sh8
unicode8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
stefankueng/grepWin
Aug 2007 - Jan 2023
A powerful and fast search tool using regular expressions
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & UI Developer
Backend Developer & UI DeveloperContributions:33 releases, 4 reviews, 1152 commits in 15 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Stefan was involved in the initial implementation of file search functionality, including a first draft of the file search and the implementation of multi-line edits. The user worked primarily on the UI aspects of the program, including designing the window, creating the controls, and setting the dialog to dark mode. Furthermore, the user extended the functionality by implementing code for handling UTF-8 files and supporting the copy and paste operations.
regular-expression
TortoiseGit/TortoiseGit
Nov 2011 - Nov 2022
Windows Explorer Extension to Operate Git; Mirror of official repository https://tortoisegit.org/sourcecode
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:48 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 11 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Stefan primarily worked on refactoring and modernizing the codebase by replacing SVN references with GIT. They made substantial code changes in the `GitStatusListCtrl.cpp` file. Additional contributions include extending the hook scripts to use information from the project properties. They also implemented a feature to automatically set the path for the submodule.
windows-explorertortoisegitwindowsshell-extensionexplorer
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