I'm Jakub, a developer based in Opava. I studied programming, jumped into my first dev role right after, and 12+ years later I'm still in it. Mostly backend and full-stack — PHP, Symfony, Python — but I won't shy away from frontend or Docker either.
I've worked in teams of various sizes, from two-person duos to larger dev departments. Freelancing since 2017 (ID 06748457), and I enjoy it more than anything before — direct client contact, seeing the impact, and owning the technical direction.
What I enjoy
- Greenfield. Starting a project from a blank page. No 'we've always done it this way'.
- Getting it right the first time. I build code that still runs in five years. Shortcuts that get rewritten in a year are expensive.
- New tech. The last two years: a lot of Python, AI and LLM integrations, Docker. Symfony and PHP are my daily tools.
What I avoid
- Corporate and big tenders. Seven layers of management, three-month approvals. That pace doesn't fit me.
- Clients who don't know what they want and won't talk about it. We can write the spec together. We just need to be able to talk.
- 'It's just a small tweak.' A real tweak shows up in five minutes. If it needs three weeks, it wasn't a tweak. Let's say so up front.
Main technologies
Backend: PHP 8+, Symfony, plain PHP, Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django), Node.js
Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, Smarty, Twig
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis
E-commerce: PrestaShop 1.7/8/9, WooCommerce
DevOps: Docker, Docker Compose, Linux, nginx, Apache, GitLab CI
Other: Git, REST/GraphQL APIs, AI/LLM integrations (Claude, OpenAI), web scraping
Where I've worked
Projects, roles and dates are on my LinkedIn profile. To discuss specific work, message me.