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    "name": "Almir Sarajčić",
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        "network": "Kogen — open-source software-building system",
        "url": "https://kogen.dev"
      },
      {
        "network": "ElixirDrops — Elixir and Phoenix writing",
        "url": "https://elixirdrops.net"
      },
      {
        "network": "Combobulate — conversational website building",
        "url": "https://combobulate.dev"
      },
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        "network": "GitHub",
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        "username": "almirsarajcic"
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        "network": "Twitter",
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        "username": "@ultrathinktrash"
      },
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        "network": "Bluesky",
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      "language": "English"
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      "fluency": "Native speaker",
      "language": "Bosnian"
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      "name": "developer tooling"
    },
    {
      "name": "Elixir"
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    {
      "name": "phoenix"
    },
    {
      "name": "AI agent reliability"
    },
    {
      "name": "ci/cd"
    },
    {
      "name": "code-review"
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    {
      "name": "Developer Experience"
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    {
      "name": "docker"
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    {
      "name": "Ecto"
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    {
      "name": "Fly.io"
    },
    {
      "name": "GitHub Actions"
    },
    {
      "name": "LiveView"
    },
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      "name": "platform engineering"
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      "name": "postgresql"
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      "name": "Optimum Tech, LLC",
      "position": "Founder",
      "startDate": "2022-01",
      "summary": "I build software products and developer tools through Optimum Tech, LLC. My current focus is Kogen, an open-source software-building system in development around feature shaping, explicit approval, implementation, checks, and independent review.\r\n\r\nFrom 2022 to January 2026, I also led Optimum BH, an Elixir/Phoenix agency, owning delivery, technical direction, client communication, team development, code review, CI/CD, preview environments, deployment automation, and reusable developer tooling."
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      "endDate": "2024",
      "name": "StoryDeck",
      "position": "Co-founder & Lead Developer",
      "startDate": "2020-09",
      "summary": "Built an Elixir/Phoenix proof of concept for a workflow platform for creators, storytellers, and marketers; took it through MVP to production and continued as co-founder and technical lead."
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      "endDate": "2020-02",
      "name": "Mukuru",
      "position": "Backend Developer",
      "startDate": "2016-10",
      "summary": "Worked on a pan-African remittances fintech, implementing features in a large PHP application using domain-driven design and test-driven development while improving and modernising legacy code."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2016-10",
      "name": "Klika",
      "position": "Full-Stack Developer",
      "startDate": "2015-04",
      "summary": "Delivered client projects for an outsourcing and consulting firm using Ruby on Rails and JavaScript."
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      "endDate": "2013-11",
      "name": "Social Eddy",
      "position": "Full-Stack Developer",
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      "summary": "Built a content marketing and social account management platform using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, including third-party API integrations, analytics, and SQL query optimisation."
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    {
      "name": "Independent",
      "position": "Elixir Contractor",
      "startDate": "2019",
      "summary": "Long-running remote contract work across Elixir backends, embedded networking, real-time IoT analytics, APIs, and developer infrastructure. Highlights include implementing WPA3 support for Nerves on Raspberry Pi 4 and multi-year ownership of production Elixir systems.\r\n\r\n21 completed contracts and 4,500+ tracked hours with a recorded 100% Job Success rating."
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