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Hi there!

My name is Boro Sitnikovski. I have a Master’s degree in Informatics and work professionally as a Software Engineer.

I work at Automattic. I contribute to a lot of open-source projects. That is because I am a strong believer in open source. I am happy to do this, knowing that the code I write runs on millions of machines and has a positive impact. I also learn a lot on the way to doing this.

Author of:
– Introducing Software Verification with Dafny Language
– Introduction to Dependent Types with Idris
– Introducing Blockchain with Lisp
– The Mirrors In Us

Interests

life, psychology, mathematics

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CODE
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Core Contributor '17 Plugin Developer
CONTENT
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Documentation Contributor '17
COMMUNITY
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WordCamp Speaker '23
POLYGLOTS
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Translation Contributor '18

Current Job

Code Wrangler
Jan 2017 – Present
Automattic
DevEx: Designing and contributing to projects aimed at enhancing the engineering culture, which includes hiring, mentoring, conducting workshops, tooling, and refining processes. WooCommerce: Improvements, bug fixes, architecture, and tooling for core, extensions, and woo.com. Technologies: PHP, SQL, JS, C (php-src), Lua, Docker, Claude/Codex.

Job History

Software Engineer
Feb 2010 – Dec 2012
Ein-Sof
Software design, development, documentation, and evaluation of projects. Technologies: Java, C#, SQL.
Senior Software Engineer
Dec 2012 – Oct 2013
NOVP
Development of NPAPI Browser Plugin based on FFmpeg for Technicolor. Technologies: C, C++.
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2013 – Dec 2014
MediaLab
Development of various projects: utility to search frames in videos with an API, remote video player based on FFplay, basic BMS system with API using Phidget. Technologies: Python, C.
Software Engineer Consultant
Jun 2012 – Dec 2016
SugarCRM
Improvements and bug fixes for all editions of SugarCRM since 6.5, both back-end and front-end platforms. Technologies: PHP, SQL, JS.
Teaching Assistant
Mar 2022 – Dec 2022
Faculty of Informatics, University of Skopje
Algorithms and Data Structures, Computer Architecture, Internet Technologies.

Key Accomplishments

Certificate: EMC E20-120 Content Management Foundations – PearsonVUE OIC, 2011
Certificate: Introduction to Philosophy – The University of Edinburgh (Coursera), 2022
Certificate: META101x: Philosophy and Critical Thinking – The University of Queensland (edX), 2023
Certificate: Introduction to Psychology – Yale University (Coursera), 2023
Acquired 3rd place at XVII State Programming Contest – ZIM/PMF, Berovo, 2006
Acquired 4th place at the 1st Republic Informatics Contest – Alexandria, Skopje, 2007
Acquired 1st place (harder group) at XV Regional Programming Contest – ZIM/PMF, Skopje, 2007
Bachelor's degree in Informatics, FON University, 2015/2022. Theses: Programming in Haskell using algebraic data structures; Implementing a programming language and a theorem prover
Master's degree in Informatics (Software Engineering), University of Skopje, 2020. Thesis: Formal verification of Instruction Sets in Virtual Machines
Published paper: PubSub implementation in Haskell with formal verification in Coq, 17th International Conference on Informatics and Information Technologies, 2020
Published paper: Implementing virtual organizations in the Western Balkan Countries (WB6), International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies, 2020
Published paper: Formalizing line editors in Coq, arXiv:2006.03525, 2020
Published paper: Models for software verification: Proving program correctness, ICONBEST, 2020
Published paper: Tutorial implementation of Hoare logic in Haskell, arXiv:2101.11320, 2021
Published paper: Integrating a Virtual Machine on a system-on-a-chip, ICEST – IEEE, 2022 (also featured on Hackaday magazine)
Published paper: Budge: A programming language and a theorem prover, Central Asian Journal of Mathematical Theory and Computer Sciences, 4(4), 41-45, 2023
Authored book: Introduction to Dependent Types with Idris, Amazon KDP, 2018; re-published with Apress, 2023
Authored book: Introducing Blockchain with Lisp, Apress (Springer), 2021
Authored book: Introducing Software Verification with Dafny Language, Apress (Springer), 2022
Authored book: The Mirrors in Us, Lulu Press, 2025

Recent impact

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Last 90 days
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Last 12 months
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May 2026
May 26 Tue · 21:41
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Request for additional cli utils on .org sandbox, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
I was planning to use my A8c-generated API key, which I used for e.g. Haydi,…
May 26 Tue · 09:24
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Request for additional cli utils on .org sandbox, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Hey @762e5e74, just curious if there's any update regarding claude :)
April 2026
Apr 06 Mon · 10:02
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Request for additional cli utils on .org sandbox, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Perfect, thanks! I just did this then [code lang=text] wporgdev@bor0.dev.ord.wordpress.org:~$ diff .bashrc .bashrc.bak 22c22 <…
Apr 06 Mon · 09:42
Meta high
Wrote a new post, Request for additional cli utils on .org sandbox, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Heya, after my sandbox was approved, I'd be grateful if you can add these tools…
Apr 01 Wed · 09:42
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Hi!, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Thanks, Barry! Everything works properly so far.
March 2026
Mar 31 Tue · 09:43
Meta high
Wrote a new post, Hi!, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Could I please get a .org sandbox? Our team will be exploring improvements to parts…
Mar 19 Thu · 09:48
Forums med
Created a topic, Love its customizability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So many different filters and hooks, made my job as a …
October 2025
Oct 23 Thu · 15:57
Forums med
Posted a reply to Issue with StoreAPI in WC 10.3.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This will be fixed in 10.3.2 which we plan to release today. Thanks for the…
Oct 23 Thu · 15:57
Forums med
Posted a reply to Updating fields for an order with the Awaiting Payment status, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This will be fixed in 10.3.2 which we plan to release today. Thanks for the…
Oct 23 Thu · 15:33
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Posted a reply to 10.3.0 When user logs in, their order is deleted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is tricky to reproduce as it happens intermittently. We believe we found the root…

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