Tell us a bit about yourself!
I’m a software engineer from Hungary. I’ve been working in software engineering for more than a decade, with a background in both computer science and psychology.
I’ve been a long-time contributor to LibreOffice, mainly working on Writer and Impress, and I’ve also contributed to Collabora Online as part of the Collabora team. Throughout my career, I’ve always placed a strong emphasis on the quality of my work and on building things properly, even when that sometimes meant pushing back against management priorities.
Outside of software development, my current project is setting up my own camper van, intending to eventually explore Europe with it. I’m looking forward to combining some travel with my work on open source projects.
What’s your new role at TDF, and what will you be working on?
My new role at The Document Foundation is to participate in building LibreOffice Online. We are basically trying to create a Google Drive or Google Docs-like solution on top of LibreOffice as a document editor, and bring LibreOffice into the cloud. Currently, I’m doing some research into existing cloud infrastructures to identify best practices and avoid the same problems that other projects have encountered during the lifetime of their cloud implementations.
More details about the development strategy can be found in this post.
How can users of LibreOffice help you in this work?
Well, we’re still in the design phase, so there isn’t much room for involvement at this point. At some point, once we have the initial versions LibreOffice Online, feedback would be very much appreciated. We will post updates here on the blog.