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Anglo/Dutch software developer at Cutr. Previously at YoungCapital, Usabilla, Cozy, and Daylight Studio. I love the open web, test driven development, vim, and fries with mayo.
I live in Portland, Oregon with my partner Keven and our two kids.
I first dabbled in web development when I was a teenager. My first website was a R.E.M fanpage called “R.E.M ‘R’ US”, which is long lost (un)fortunately. The first time I got paid for web development was in 2009 in Portland, Oregon when I started freelancing building brochure websites and Wordpress themes.
After freelancing I moved on to Daylight Studio, where I developed the foundation of my love for automation and all things web. Later at Cozy I was given the opportunity to develop their first static javascript web app from the ground up. It was at Cozy that I was first introduced to Test Driven Development, and the way I build software has never been the same since.
In 2016 we migrated to the Netherlands, where I helped build and lead product focused engineering teams at Usabilla, YoungCapital, and now at Cutr.
Some time while at Cozy I developed a love for the command-line. After some false starts, I adopted Vim as my primary text-editor and I love it to this day. I keep a set of dotfiles that I’m constantly (perhaps too constantly) improving and I’ve written a few command-line tools that no-one uses. (See Projects.) I use iTerm2, zsh, tmux, and my colourscheme of choice is solarized.
When I’m not working I’m being a husband to the amazingly talented Keven and papa to Teddie and Hazel. I collect vinyl, read a lot of sci-fi, knit, and 3d print.
I’m also passionate about the open web, team building, and a good cup of coffee.
Thanks for listening.
Piet 😬
