Principal Engineer & Open Source Creator

Building the future of real-time web applications

Creator of 500+ open source packages. Specializing in Node.js, real-time frameworks, and high-performance web architecture.

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About

I'm a Principal Engineer with over 15 years of experience building high-performance web applications and real-time systems. As a prolific open source creator, I've published over 250 packages on npm with billions of downloads, helping developers worldwide build better applications.

My work focuses on creating frameworks and tools that make developers' lives easier, with a special emphasis on real-time communication, performance optimization, and developer experience.

As an active member of the developer community, I regularly speak at conferences worldwide, sharing insights on Node.js, real-time systems, and open source development.

Experience

October 2023

Speaking

JSConf 2023

Real-time Communication at Scale

Berlin, Germany

September 2022

Speaking

NodeConf 2022

Building Resilient WebSocket Systems

Remote

June 2022

Speaking

React Summit 2022

State Management Patterns

Amsterdam, Netherlands

February 2015 - Present

Case Studies

GoDaddy

Principal Engineer

godaddy.com

Leading architecture and development of high-performance web applications serving millions of users. Focus on design systems, global architecture, and developer tooling.

July 2012 - February 2015

Case Studies

Nodejitsu

Lead Software Engineer

nodejitsu.com

Built and maintained Node.js Platform-as-a-Service infrastructure. Developed real-time frameworks and tools used by thousands of developers. Led the development of Primus and other open source projects.

October 2007 - July 2012

Hotels.nl

Front-end Engineer

hotels.nl

Developed and maintained front-end architecture for high-traffic hotel booking platform. Implemented performance optimizations and real-time features.

March 2007 - October 2007

Media Mansion

(Web) Designer

mediamansion.nl

Created web designs and front-end implementations for various clients. Focused on user experience and visual design.

Case Studies

* Projects mentioned above are only a few that I wanted to share. See my GitHub profile for all my Open Source work.