--- title: Looking for work | daily.dev description: Nikita Prokopov (Niki), creator of FiraCode and DataScript, is ending a sabbatical and seeking new full-time or contract work. With 20+ years of experience, he... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-work-lrzwgxdt1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Looking for work | daily.dev og:description: Nikita Prokopov (Niki), creator of FiraCode and DataScript, is ending a sabbatical and seeking new full-time or contract work. With 20+ years of experience, he... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-work-lrzwgxdt1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LrZWgXDT1.png og:image:alt: Looking for work og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Looking for work **[tonsky.me](https://daily.dev/sources/tonsky)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nikita Prokopov (Niki), creator of FiraCode and DataScript, is ending a sabbatical and seeking new full-time or contract work. With 20+ years of experience, he specializes in technically challenging products, dev tools, databases, and UI/UX. Recent work includes contributions to InstantDB's sync algorithm, Roam Research's database optimization, and a Skia renderer for JetBrains Fleet. 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