Senior Delphi Engineer with 20+ years in legacy systems, long-term stability, and enterprise software that outlasts the teams who built it. I reduce bus factor, structure inherited knowledge, and make complex codebases survivable — for the next team and the next decade.
Delphi / Object PascalLegacy ModernizationLong-Term StabilityWindows to LinuxFMXLLM Integration
beneficiaries served by a system built from scratch
2000+
sites launched on a platform I architected
10x
extreme-severity bugs fixed — unresolved for years before me
// how I work
I specialize in systems other engineers avoid — deeply entangled, poorly documented, business-critical.
When a team loses its only person who understood the codebase, I'm the one who comes in, reads the archaeology, and makes the system legible — for whoever comes next. I reduce bus factor structurally: by documenting decisions, isolating modules, and making inherited knowledge queryable — not just by me, but by the whole team.
My pattern across 20 years is always the same: stability before speed. Legacy is not technical debt to apologize for. It is a competitive moat when you know how to work with it. I build things meant to last — and migrate them carefully when they need to move.
// selected projects
TURBO — Windows to Linux Migration
Enterprise ERP desktop, one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. 1M+ lines of code. 70+ modules and 10 visual components migrated near-solo. PDF export pipeline rebuilt across 3 system layers. Extreme-severity bugs resolved that had been open for years.
FMX · Linux
Benefits Monetization System
A regional social welfare platform serving 300–400k beneficiaries. Built from scratch including full dBase to Firebird migration. Authored technical documentation for long-term maintainability.
Regional scale
Site Factory Platform
Architected a content automation system that launched 2000+ sites and contributed $2M+ in estimated revenue. Maintained as team foundation for 10+ years in production.
10yr production
Agentic Coding Loop in Delphi
Working generate→review→refine agent inside RAD Studio using Ollama and Claude API. First known implementation in the Delphi ecosystem. Published in English and Russian.
// legacy modernization · Windows to Linux · 100+ bugs resolved
2012 – 2022
One of the top 10 largest ad targeting platforms worldwide
Adonweb
Senior Engineer / Project Manager
// 2000+ sites · $2M+ revenue · 10 years in production
2008 – 2012
A regional social welfare platform serving 300–400k people
SocTechService
Lead Delphi Developer
// built from scratch · dBase to Firebird migration
2006 – 2008
Desktop software house
CJSC Logos
Delphi Software Developer
// desktop modules · DLL development · MS Office integration
// career capsule
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