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About me

Mihael Rodek

univ. mag. ing. comp. · Founder of Kodek

Software developer from Kamenica, Croatia, with an MSc in Computer Engineering from FER. Since 2021 I have been building banking and public-sector systems at True North; Kodek is where that experience goes to work for small businesses and individuals.

Experience

True North

Full Stack Developer (started as student) · Oct 2021 — Present

Full-stack work in Go, Java, and React across banking and public-sector domains — combining hands-on development with a consultative approach to defining requirements and delivering features end-to-end.

Work done as a full-stack developer at True North, before and alongside Kodek. Listed as professional background, not as Kodek projects.

  • Oct 2021 — Oct 2023

    AKD Squid2

    Microservices platform for card issuing and production management — backend and frontend work across new features, maintenance, and continuous improvement.

  • Dec 2022 — Feb 2023

    HZMO

    Sole frontend developer on an application that calculates a user's share of the family pension.

  • Oct 2023 — Present

    RBA.hr — Card Issuing team

    Building and maintaining a new card platform within the RBA Croatia group — features, platform migration, daily incident handling, and production support.

Education

2018 — 2023

MSc in Computer Engineering — FER

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb

2023

Graduated — univ. mag. ing. comp.

Master's thesis: Student canteen Android application

Skills

Technologies I use to take products from a clear idea to dependable software.

Backend

  • Java
  • Go
  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices

Frontend

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Tailwind CSS

Mobile

  • Android
  • Kotlin

Infrastructure & Tools

  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • Git
  • CI/CD
  • CLI

How I work

Direct, considered, there after launch.

  1. 01

    Direct communication

    You talk to the person writing the code. No intermediaries, nothing lost in translation.

  2. 02

    Considered technical choices

    Proven tools that fit the project, not the trend. Something you can still maintain in two years.

  3. 03

    Attention beyond launch

    Going live is not the end. Maintenance, fixes, and new features are agreed as your needs grow.

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