🦹🏽 Development

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Coaches

Coach Jonathan [jbelien#3989 on Discord] osoc Technical Support Technical Support & Board Member at Open Knowledge Belgium.

Bio Web developer; Board member of Open Knowledge Belgium & OpenStreetMap Belgium. Skills Maps PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, deployment, server management, databases https://github.com/jbelien https://jbelien.be/ Good to know "I do love Maps and LEGOs !"

Coach Christophe [Kyng7#5865 on Discord] VLIZ, Mobile Ratchetticker / Mobiele Rateltikker, Bustle meter / Druktebeter Front-End Developer at Emakina Bio "Born in 1993, Brussels-based oSoc Alumni (2015-2016) Christophe Leroy, best known as Batteman around the OKBE Community, is a front-end dev who worked for a year and a half at a musical AI startup before joining a web agency. He doesn't know why he started writing this in the third person and now feels trapped in continuing it. He studied IT in Louvain-la-Neuve and quickly focused on development. Passionate about lions, music and bad jokes, Batteman also likes Batman (what a surprise)." Skills Front-end, API Bases HTML, CSS, JS, React, Redux, TypeScript, GraphQL, nodeJS, emotion https://www.kyng.be https://github.com/elroyK

Good to know I listened to the Hamilton recording 2 times a day for 6 months last year and am now unable to stop myself from singing every time I hear a sentence that's in a Hamilton song. https://www.instagram.com/snackytheshiba/

Coach Liesbeth [LiesbethL#0679 on Discord] VLIZ Senior developer and coach at VLIZ Bio Started out as a Java developer, working on desktop applications, front-end and back-end. For the past 12 years I've been working at VLIZ, working on several PHP/Javascript projects. The main ones being IMIS (http://www.vliz.be/en/integrated-marine-information-system) and MDA (https://marinedataarchive.org/) Skills Front-end, Back-end Working with: PHP, IDE PHPStorm, javascript, MySQL, MSSQL, tus.io, JIRA, Confluence Used to work with: java, eclipse www.vliz.be https://github.com/lieslys

Good to know Big roller coaster fan! The crazier/faster, the better!

Coach Joost [joostschouppe#3203 on Discord] Natuurpunt & Oost-Vlaanderen Data manager at provincies.incijfers.be Bio I like maps. Especially open maps! I like data. Especially open data! I like to dabble in programming. Especially open source! I'm a data analyst and a geospatial nerd, not a programmer Skills Maps data modeling, data analytics, geospatial statistics HTML, SPSS, QGIS, MapComplete https://github.com/joostschouppe/

Good to know I will make detours to be able to improve OpenStreetMap. https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/

Coach Michael [yungpanda#3724 on Discord] Bustle meter / Druktemeter, Mobile Ratchetticker / Mobiele Rateltikker, osoc-selections Freelance app developer at YungPanda | Lecturer at Arteveldehogeschool Bio I'm a creative app developer and teacher.. Skills Front-end React, VueJS, NodeJS, Laravel, Design https://yungpanda.com https://github.com/yungpanda Good to know I only missed two oSoc editions since the beginning so my oSoc T-Shirt collection game is strong.

Coach Jodi [Jodi De Loof#6665 on Discord] MOW/ABB/AWV, Arvesta To be completed, please add your data here or add it yourself on the repo 🙏 https://tally.so/r/3Nl4Gn

Coach Demian [demian#0216 on Discord] ADV, IDLab Software Engineer at Skedify Bio My name is Demian Dekoninck. I work at Skedify as a Full Stack Software Engineer where I (most of the time) work with Node.js and React. Skills Back-end, Front-end Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Laravel, AWS, Terraform, Serverless, DynamoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices, GraphQL, GitHub, GitHub Actions, TailwindCSS, React.js, Next.js https://dem.be https://github.com/DemianD Good to know Random fact: I love pizza Hawaii 🍕

Coach Martin [vanakenm#3648 on Discord] ADV, IDLab Freelancer at Joyous Coding Bio I'm Martin. I've been developing software & helping other develop software for the last 20 years in companies big and small, but mostly startups. I like to build & ship stuff with nice people Skills Maps, Tech lead, Coach Python, JavaScript, React, Ruby, Django, Rails, Unit Test, Web Development joyouscoding.com http://github.com/vanakenm Good to know I'm 43

Coach Michiel [michiel#0001 on Discord] osoc selections, deloitte Independent Web Developer Bio I'm a Gent-based developer with much love for the web and open source! I participated in osoc three times as a student, and 2 times as a coach. Always open for a chat about the latest hip framework, your osoc project, your studies, and more. Send me pictures of your pets. Skills Front-end, Back-end, DevOps-y stuff I do mostly JavaScript and TypeScript, but have been known to dabble in Rust & Ruby. On the front-end I like React & Svelte. Talk to me about your REST & GraphQL API designs, event-driven architectures and continuous integration/delivery! http://github.com/michielleyman

Good to know I like pineapple on pizza, toilet paper rolls over instead of under, spaces over tabs, vim over emacs and dogs over cats. Or was it the other way around?

Councillors

Councillor Pieter VDVN [pietervdvn#0638 on Discord] Maps, Natuurpunt & Oost-Vlaanderen Developer at Anyways BV Bio After studying informatics at University of Ghent, I rolled into OpenStreetMap. Now I'm working as a developer, creating routeplanners for cyclists based on OpenStreetMap. Skills Maps, Programming C#, Typescript, HTML, Linux anyways.eu https://github.com/pietervdvn/ Good to know I once created a routeplanner avoiding cobblestone

Councillor Ruben [Dexa#7839 on Discord] IDLab PhD Student at Universiteit Gent Bio I'm a PhD Student working on Linked Open Data Interfaces and Solid. Skills Back-end JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, React, Vue.js, nginx https://github.com/dexagod Good to know I like to do VR game development in my free time.

Councillor Brecht [Brecht#1060 on Discord] ADV Semantic Web researcher at IDLab (imec-ugent) Bio Hi! If you have a question relating to Linked Open Data, let me know! Skills Back-end data modelling/mapping/publishing, Web APIs, Linked Data Javascript (node.js) https://knows.idlab.ugent.be/ https://github.com/brechtvdv Good to know In my spare time I'm working in my "mini farm". My wife and I are keeping bees, sheep and chickens and hope to share this authentic way of living with others. https://twitter.com/brechtvdv

Councillor Pieter C [pietercolpaert#8772 on Discord] ADV Semantic Web researcher at IDLab (imec-ugent) Bio Pieter is a Linked Open Data researcher at Ghent University IDLab working on Linked Data Event Streams. He also co-founded Open Knowledge Belgium and started open summer of code together with Miet when they were still young. Skills Back-end c, k, m JavaScript, https://github.com/Comunica, https://github.com/rdfjs https://pietercolpaert.be https://github.com/pietercolpaert https://tree.linkeddatafragments.org Good to know I use emacs and I’m too old to change now.

Councillor Harm [hdelva#8697 on Discord] IDLab PhD Student at Ghent University - imec Bio I am a PhD student at IDLab, affiliated with both Ghent University and imec. My original research subject lay at the intersection of the Semantic Web technologies and Linked Open Data publishing, but with a focus on researching how applications can find and use this data - beyond the traditional SPARQL usecase. I have worked on a flexible and multi-modal route planner, as well as an autocompletion client that can query several heterogeneous data sources at the same time. Our route planner is able to find subjectively pleasant routes by asking the user what they want to see while walking; see it in action here. And, because all computations are done on the client, there are no data-hoarding behemoths that are learning your opinions on shopping streets.

Other than that, I have developed an appreciation for the intricacies of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), especially for Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) projects such as OpenStreetmap and, closer to home, Telraam. Of course, it is not enough to simply publish Open Data: people must be able to find this data. Whenever time permits it, I like to work on making data discoverable, and try to follow the developments within the FAIR community. Alternatively, I would like to help pave the way towards more mature WebAssembly tooling for working with RDF data — my applications have a need for speed. Skills Back-end, Linked Data, Solid Python, Rust, Typescript https://hdelva.be https://github.com/hdelva Good to know I would love to explore Semantic Web applications that focus on pen-and-paper games, such as as Dungeons & Dragons. Why spend years modelling and gathering data from the real world, when there are perfectly suitably imaginary worlds out there?

Councillor Dwight [ddvlanck#5582 on Discord] ADV Information Architect at Digital Flanders Bio / Skills Back-end https://github.com/ddvlanck Good to know /

Councillor Ben [xivk#0234 on Discord] Maps, Natuurpunt & Oost-Vlaanderen CTO at Anyways Bio Ben is crazy about OpenStreetMap and maps in general and is an expert on mapping, routeplanning and mobility applications. Skills Maps. Maps, back-end TypeScript, C#, Java, Python https://www.anyways.eu/ https://github.com/xivk/ Good to know I *love* cycling, both sporty and regular!