Stijn Van Hulle

Kubb is an open-source framework for code generation and the project I spend most of my open-source time on. Point it at a Swagger or OpenAPI spec and it generates TypeScript types, clients, and hooks, so the front end and back end stay in sync. As its creator and maintainer, I guide the architecture, build and review plugins, write the documentation, and support its contributors and users.

At Whale, I work on the front end of an AI platform for documenting processes and training teams. Whale is a Ghent-based SaaS company for small and medium-sized teams, where important process knowledge often lives with one person until they leave.

As a front-end developer on Robovision's product team, I worked on the technical direction and feature delivery of its product suite with Vue.js. I used my previous experience to update the front-end architecture with tools such as Nx and TypeScript.

I also helped the team evaluate and integrate AI tools into its work.

After a year as a front-end developer on the product/hive team, I became front-end lead. I helped the team deliver projects on time and to a high standard, mentored team members through technical decisions, and reviewed their code.

I worked with stakeholders to discuss product direction and progress, decide what mattered most, and turn those decisions into work for the team.

Alongside managing the team, I kept our front-end practices current through industry events, training, and regular research. I documented our decisions and the reasoning behind our front-end architecture so the team could use them as a reference.

I also updated the stack with React, Jest, TypeScript, Ant Design, a monorepo structure, generated API clients, Zustand, and Zod. The changes gave the team a more consistent foundation as the products grew.

As part of the product/hive team, I helped move a desktop application with more than 15 years of history to the web. I worked with product owners and developers to shape solutions around customer needs, then delivered them in an agile process with code reviews and tests.

I also worked with the lead developer to mentor other front-end developers on a stack built with React, Redux, TypeScript, and an internal component library. This work supported the team's move toward a multi-tenant product built on a microservice architecture.

At Aptus, I worked with the Energy Lab team on tools that helped customers encourage their employees to exercise and move more. With more than 20 customers, I moved between projects while maintaining a shared React component library. The products used React and GraphQL.

As part of the Messagent Development team, I built screens for BNP Paribas Fortis and Hello bank! products. The existing products used jQuery and vanilla JavaScript, so when a new project started, I proposed building it with React, Redux, and TypeScript. Security requirements ruled out some familiar libraries, which meant finding practical alternatives. After a few sprints, Company Makers launched and gave BNP customers a way to create a company online.

As an intern at Smappee, I worked on several IT projects. My main responsibility was building a Meteor.js helpdesk tool to track the status of Smappee devices.

I also helped the mobile team finish the Cordova app for the Smappee Gas & Water device, which was scheduled to launch at the end of my internship. The work taught me how to apply Agile in practice and collaborate with other developers.