Open-Source & Research

All the way back to 2011, I have been contributing and open-sourcing on GitHub.

Forks and Contributions (github.com/kurtextrem)

insant.page (original)
added prerendering 🚀 · support for Safari ✨ · PrerenderV2 🧪(you experience the lib on my website)

GoogleChromeLabs/webpack-libs-optimizations
contributed tips & tricks for optimizing JavaScript bundles using webpack.

jstips.co
helped curating JavaScript tips

🚀 Performance PatchesSection titled %uD83D%uDE80%20Performance%20Patches

lucagez/json-stringify faster than JSON.stringify():

5-50% performance improvement

jshttp/cookie cookie parser used by e.g. fastify:

PR #1, PR #2

FormidableLabs/nuka-carousel:

rendering performance improvement

🎓 Bachelor Thesis (2021 🇩🇪)Section titled %uD83C%uDF93%20Bachelor%20Thesis%20%282021%20%uD83C%uDDE9%uD83C%uDDEA%29

Design and development of a web interface for chemical analysis of quantum mechanical data
– graded 1.0 – interdisicplinary thesis from IT & Chemistry with focus on User Experience and Psychology (52 pages)

Professional Training (2017 🇩🇪)Section titled Professional%20Training%20%282017%20%uD83C%uDDE9%uD83C%uDDEA%29

Final Presentation (100/100%) · Final Documentation (95/100%)
For the next generation of trainees, I have published my finals as part of a well-known specialist blog.

Chrome ExtensionsSection titled Chrome%20Extensions

All my chrome extensions are open-source:

Layoutify: Improved Layout for Instagram
Tabbie Updated - Tab Manager
Eye Care - reminds you to take a break
Gmail Mail Counter · Gmail Mail Expander
Stop Autoplay for Youtube
Planetside2 Alerts

SecuritySection titled Security

During my work at the Jochen Schweizer mydays Group , I have found and mitigated:

• a JSON prototype pollution issue impacting every micro-frontend
• a XSRF / CSRF issue in the authentification service
• publicly reachable server side source code
• introduced HSTS and multiple security related HTTP headers

Blog posts about each finding coming soon.