Congratulations! I see Thiemo popping up with small improvements all over the place, and the blog post shows why this award is well deserved! Thank you, Thiemo!

(Is there anything I could do or stop doing that would make it easier to work with me? Tell me! https://admonymous.co/mgrossewmf)

-- Michael Große Senior Software Developer Growth Team Wikimedia Foundation

On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM Krinkle krinkle@fastmail.com wrote:

The next Web Perf Hero award is here and it goes to Thiemo Kreuz!

This award recognises Thiemo’s broad impact improving performance of Wikimedia software over many years. From optimizing the MediaWiki stack, to speeding up CI; this work benefits us every day!

Read more at https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2025/12/29/web-perf-hero-thiemo-kreuz/

Past recipients: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web_Perf_Hero_award

Thanks to everyone who sent nominations to Derick https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DAlangi_(WMF) or myself https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Timo_Tijhof_(WMF). Feel free to email us anytime with suggestions.

-- Timo Tijhof, MediaWiki Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation.

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