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# Hello :)

## My name is Marcin Nowicki (aka Pr0d1r2).

I am Ruby on Rails developer and Team Leader using GTD and minimalistic approach.

I use BDD and many other Agile methodologies as my everyday routine for development.

My clients make more profit and decrease their costs via intelligent usage of tools.

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[Linkedin](http://www.linkedin.com/in/pr0d1r2),
[Xing](https://www.xing.com/profile/Marcin_Nowicki3),
[CV](/CV-Marcin_Nowicki-aka-Pr0d1r2-2013-07-28.pdf),
[GitHub](http://github.com/Pr0d1r2),
[OpenSource](https://github.com/doubledrones),
[Masterbranch](https://www.masterbranch.com/developer/marcin.nowicki),
[Facebook](http://facebook.com/pr0d1r2),
[Twitter](http://twitter.com/Pr0d1r2),
[Geeklist](http://geekli.st/Pr0d1r2),
[Blog](http://pr0d1r2.tumblr.com),
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[WorkingWithRails](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/3696875-marcin-nowicki),
[E-Mail](mailto:pr0d1r2@gmail.com)

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## Skills:

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[Team Leader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_leader),
[CTO](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_technology_officer),
[GTD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done),
[Agile](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development),
[BDD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_Driven_Development),
[SCRUM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCRUM),
[Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/),
[Ruby on Rails](http://rubyonrails.org/),
[PostgreSQL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL),
[Geocoding](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding),
<br/>
[Gentoo Linux](http://www.gentoo.org/),
[KPI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_performance_indicator),
[MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org/),
[jQuery Mobile](http://jquerymobile.com/),
[Public speaking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_speaking),
[backbone.js](http://backbonejs.org),
[Web Scraping](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping),
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[Creating JSON API](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface),
[Agile project evaluations and estimations](http://pivotaltracker.com),
[EBay API](http://developer.ebay.com/common/api),
[shopping.com API](http://developer.shopping.com),
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[Virtualization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization),
[Unix Shell Scripting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_scripting),
[CI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration),
[Growth Hacking](http://www.quora.com/Growth-Hacking/What-is-growth-hacking),
[Conversion Optimization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_optimization),
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[A/B testing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing),
[Lean software development](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_software_development),
[Adwords](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwords),
[price comparison](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_comparison),
[e-commerce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce),
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[Adsense](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adsense),
[Sinatra](http://www.sinatrarb.com),
[Server Administration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_administration),
[NASK epp](http://www.dns.pl/english/NASK_EPP_Extension_en.pdf),
[Metaprogramming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaprogramming),
[affiliate tracking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_tracking),
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[online auction system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_auction)
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## Software used:

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[central plexus](https://github.com/doubledrones/central_plexus),
[MacVim](http://code.google.com/p/macvim/),
[steak](https://github.com/cavalle/steak),
[cucumber](http://cukes.info/),
[Things](http://culturedcode.com/things),
[Newrelic RPM](http://newrelic.com),
[Google Analytics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics),
[Airbrake](http://airbrake.io/pages/home),
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[Server Density](http://www.serverdensity.com),
[Boxcar](http://boxcar.io),
[qmail](http://qmail.omnis.ch/top.html),
[monit](http://mmonit.com),
[Jenkins CI](http://jenkins-ci.org),
[VirtualBox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_box),
[Chef](https://github.com/opscode/chef),
[Vagrant](https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant),
[VeeWee](https://github.com/jedi4ever/veewee),
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[Shelly Cloud](http://shellycloud.com/),
[Pingdom](https://www.pingdom.com/)

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## Hardware used:

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[MacBook Air 2012](http://www.apple.com/macbook-air/),
[Sennheisser MM550-X](http://en-us.sennheiser.com/wireless-bluetooth-headset-stereo-mm-550-x-travel),
[Hetzner EX4S Dedicated Servers](http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex4s)

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## Involved in: 

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## [mamymo](http://hitpreis.net/impressum)

<ul>
  <li>Price comparison site.</li>
  <li>Developed with <a href="http://marcinmichalowski.com/">Marcin Michałowski</a></li>
  <li>Multiple external shopping APIs</li>
  <li>My role: CTO</li>
  <li>Application written in Rails 3</li>
  <li>Use of Google APIs</li>
  <li>High volume traffic</li>
  <li>High availability monitoring</li>
</ul>

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## [prostydns.pl](http://prostydns.pl)

<ul>
  <li>Startup.</li>
  <li>Developed with <a href="http://marcinmichalowski.com/">Marcin Michałowski</a></li>
  <li>Easy to use DNS management application</li>
  <li>My role: owner</li>
  <li>Application written in Rails 3</li>
  <li>Use external API</li>
</ul>

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## [28dni.pl](http://28dni.pl) / [go28days.com](http://go28days.com/) / [28dias.es](http://28dias.es/)

<ul>
  <li>Startup.</li>
  <li>Developed with <a href="http://marcinmichalowski.com/">Marcin Michałowski</a></li>
  <li>Site covers woman fertility issues.</li>
  <li>Large datasets to analyze and draw charts</li>
  <li>Multiple language versions</li>
  <li>Application written in early stage of Rails framework (2006)</li>
</ul>

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## [jobmensa.de](http://jobmensa.de)

<ul>
  <li>Commercial project.</li>
  <li>Site is for students searching for jobs.</li>
  <li>Team Leader there for 18 months.</li>
  <li>Weekly SCRUM master.</li>
</ul>

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## [experteer.de](http://experteer.de)

<ul>
  <li>Commercial project.</li>
  <li>Working currently as pair programmer with <a href="http://marcinmichalowski.com/">Marcin Michałowski</a>.</li>
  <li>Google-friendly job posting catalog.</li>
  <li>Log statistics aggregations.</li>
  <li>Large data imports from partners.</li>
  <li>Ruby on Rails upgrade on main application.</li>
</ul>

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## [coworking.czest.pl](http://coworking.czest.pl)

<ul>
  <li>Startup.</li>
  <li>Spreading idea of coworking in my small city :)</li>
</ul>

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## [rozklad.czest.pl](http://rozklad.czest.pl)

<ul>
  <li>Startup.</li>
  <li>Bus schedule searcher with geolocation for mobile devices and desktops.</li>
  <li>Login via Facebook.</li>
</ul>

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## [doubledrones.com](http://doubledrones.com)

<ul>
  <li>Startup</li>
  <li>Learning new developers on live projects.</li>
</ul>

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## [central plexus](https://github.com/doubledrones/central_plexus)

<ul>
  <li>Toolset for installing development environment on new Macs.</li>
  <li>Allow you to introduce new developer to project in 1 hour instead of 1 day.</li>
  <li>Many useful scripts and tools for everyday development.</li>
</ul>

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## [excerpt-fu ruby gem](http://github.com/experteer/excerpt-fu)

<ul>
  <li>Ruby gem for making excerpts from text. Useful for creating text snippets.</li>
</ul>

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## [countries ruby gem](https://github.com/hexorx/countries)

<ul>
  <li>Ruby gem for country recognition basing on ISO3166 standard.</li>
</ul>

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## [currencies ruby gem](https://github.com/hexorx/currencies)

<ul>
  <li>Ruby gem for currency recognition basing on ISO4217 standard.</li>
</ul>

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## Hobbies: 

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[PsyTrance Music](http://www.last.fm/user/pr0d1r2),
[Personal development](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_development),
[Life hack](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_hack),
[Cooking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking),
[Strategy games](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_game),
[Fly fishing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_fishing)



self-development, Psy-Trance music, life-hacking, cooking and good wine, reading books, strategy games, walking and workout with good music, minimalism, fly fishing, chess