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Hi there, I'm Vasyl Sokolyk πŸ‘‹

Senior Full-Stack Engineer | WordPress Ecosystem Architect | Web Scraping Specialist | Open Source Contributor

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πŸš€ About Me

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable web platforms, high-performance systems, and developer tools. My work spans from architecting WordPress ecosystems serving millions of users to building sophisticated web scraping infrastructure processing 5,000+ requests per minute.

Current Focus:

  • πŸ—οΈ Architecting high-performance WordPress solutions
  • πŸ•·οΈ Building advanced web scraping & automation systems
  • πŸ”’ Security research and penetration testing
  • 🌍 Open source contribution and developer tooling

Impact Highlights:

  • πŸ“¦ Published 14+ open-source packages on Packagist
  • πŸ’° Led technology for $4M humanitarian NFT initiative (Meta-Museum)
  • πŸš€ Built production systems handling 5,000+ req/min
  • πŸ” Active volunteer with Cyber Police of Ukraine (OSINT & security research)

πŸ› οΈ Technology Stack

Languages

PHP          β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ 11 years (Expert)
TypeScript   β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘  8 years (Advanced)
JavaScript   β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘  8 years (Advanced)
Go           β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  3 years (Intermediate)
Python       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  2 years (Learning)
Lua          β–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  1 year  (Learning)

Core Technologies

Backend & Frameworks:
WordPress (12y Expert) β€’ PHP 8.2+ β€’ Node.js β€’ Next.js β€’ React β€’ Symfony β€’ Laravel β€’ Bun.sh

Databases & Caching:
MySQL β€’ Redis β€’ Memcached β€’ SQLite β€’ Prisma β€’ GraphQL

DevOps & Infrastructure:
Docker β€’ Alpine Linux β€’ S6 Init β€’ GitLab CI/CD β€’ GitHub Actions β€’ Ansible β€’ Linux/Ubuntu (10y)

Frontend:
HTML5/CSS3 β€’ SASS/SCSS β€’ Tailwind CSS (4y) β€’ Bootstrap β€’ TypeScript β€’ React.js β€’ Next.js β€’ Webpack β€’ Gulp

Security & Testing:
Burp Suite β€’ sqlmap β€’ nmap β€’ Penetration Testing β€’ OSINT tools β€’ PHPStan β€’ Psalm β€’ PHPUnit

Specialized:
Web Scraping (Puppeteer, Playwright, Effect-TS, Colly) β€’ Performance Optimization β€’ API Design β€’ Headless CMS


πŸ“¦ Open Source Projects

WordPress Ecosystem (14+ Packages)

I maintain a comprehensive suite of WordPress optimization packages published on Packagist:

Performance & Caching

Developer Tools

Technical Approach:

  • Modern PHP 8.2+ with strict typing
  • Comprehensive quality tooling (PHPStan Level 9, Psalm, PHPCS)
  • Test-driven development
  • Semantic versioning
  • Extensive documentation

View all packages: Check my composer.json files - packages starting with jazzman/ are my own ecosystem.

Web Scraping & Automation

πŸ•·οΈ hero-scraper

Advanced web scraping framework for bypassing anti-bot protection

Features:

  • Headless browser automation with Puppeteer/Playwright
  • Anti-detection techniques (fingerprint spoofing, behavior randomization)
  • Distributed architecture for high-volume scraping
  • Tor network integration with custom Privoxy configuration
  • IMAP protocol integration for email automation
  • IP rotation and proxy management

Tech Stack: TypeScript, Effect-TS (functional programming), Node.js

Branch to check: feature/effect-ts - Migration to Effect-TS for better type safety and composability

Use Case: Cryptocurrency faucet automation (Freebitcoin, AdBTC, Cointiply) with complex security bypass requirements

πŸš€ Avito Scraper (Go)

Production-grade concurrent scraper built in Go

Achievements:

  • 5,000+ requests/minute throughput
  • Advanced concurrency patterns with goroutines
  • GORM for efficient data management
  • Volunteer project for Cyber Police

Tech Stack: Go, Colly, GORM, concurrent processing

Humanitarian Technology

Lead Developer | Technology Leadership for Humanitarian Impact

Impact: Architected auction platform raising $4M for Ukrainian humanitarian aid

Projects:

Tech Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, NFT infrastructure

Partnership: Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Responsibilities:

  • System architecture and technical leadership
  • NFT auction platform development
  • Performance optimization for high-traffic events
  • Team coordination and deployment management

Infrastructure & DevOps

🐳 server

Production-ready Docker setup with Alpine Linux + S6

Features:

  • Optimized Alpine Linux base images
  • S6 overlay for proper process management
  • Security-hardened configurations
  • Production-tested across multiple companies

Use Cases: PHP project containerization, development environments, production deployments


πŸ’Ό Professional Experience Highlights

12+ Years in Web Development

Recent Roles:

  • Playtika (2024-Present) - Senior WordPress Developer (Contract)
  • Temy (2022-2024) - Senior Full-Stack Developer (Contract)
  • Sombra (2023-2024) - Senior Full-Stack Developer (Part-Time)
  • IT Monks Agency (2022) - Senior Full-Stack Developer (Remote, Poland)

Key Achievements:

  • Architected headless WordPress + Next.js solutions with GraphQL
  • Optimized application performance through strategic caching and code improvements
  • Built custom Docker development and production environments
  • Led security audits and penetration testing initiatives
  • Mentored junior developers and conducted team performance reviews

πŸ”’ Volunteer Security Work

Cyber Police of Ukraine (Apr 2022 - Present)

  • Developed specialized OSINT tools for criminal identification
  • Built systems processing 5,000+ requests/minute for investigation
  • Reverse-engineered APIs using Burp Suite for security research
  • Created automated information gathering and analysis pipelines

Skills Applied: OSINT, Burp Suite, API reverse engineering, Go programming, web scraping at scale


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🎯 What I'm Learning

  • πŸ¦€ Rust for systems programming
  • 🐍 Python for ML/AI applications
  • πŸŒ™ Lua for Neovim plugin development
  • πŸš€ Advanced Effect-TS patterns

πŸ“ Recent Projects

πŸ”¬ Research & POC Work

  • Cryptocurrency faucet automation systems
  • Advanced anti-detection techniques for web scraping
  • Tor network integration for anonymous data collection
  • Headless browser fingerprint bypassing

πŸ—οΈ Architecture Work

  • Headless WordPress with Next.js/GraphQL
  • Microservices for high-volume data processing
  • Docker-based development environments
  • Modern PHP 8.2+ package ecosystem

🀝 Open to Collaboration

I'm interested in collaborating on:

  • 🌐 WordPress ecosystem improvements and modern architecture
  • πŸ•·οΈ Web scraping frameworks and anti-detection research
  • πŸ”’ Security research and penetration testing tools
  • πŸš€ High-performance PHP applications
  • 🐳 DevOps and containerization solutions
  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Humanitarian technology projects

πŸ’‘ Philosophy

"Be the change that you want to see in the world."

I believe in:

  • πŸ“š Continuous learning and knowledge sharing
  • πŸ”“ Open source contribution and community building
  • 🎯 Writing code that solves real problems
  • πŸ”’ Security-first development practices
  • 🌱 Sustainable and maintainable solutions

⭐ If you find my projects useful, consider starring them!


Last updated: January 2025

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