Hi, I'm Chris a full stack developer

15+ years development experience

I am a dutch πŸ‡³πŸ‡± citizen living in South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦, I love developing, writing and my wife.

These are skills I've mastered over the years

Skills I'm super comfortable with
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
TypeScript
PHP
Laravel
Angular
Ionic
Node.js
Git
MySQL
SASS
Bootstrap
Tailwind
Skills I'm mastering
Flutter
React
Next.js

Things I'm proud of

Yaatree
Yaatree

Our amazing puppy, who goes on all kinds of cool adventures

Daily Dev Tips
Daily Dev Tips

My Daily Development Tip Blog!

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My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro

Completely build in CSS

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HQ Pack Service Center
HQ Pack Service Center

Symfony backend, with Angular front-end service center.

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A hitchhiker's guide to Chris's life

2030
Senior full stack remote developer ☁️
It's my dream to be a senior full-stack developer who can work remotely.
2021
Got married 🍾
We got married in the mountains of South Africa
Blogged for a year non-stop
Every single day one article!
2020
Got engaged πŸ’
My beautiful wife Nicole said, Yes!
Started daily-dev-tips πŸš€
I started my blog, where I write daily development tips to help new people!
Moved back to South Africa ✈️
This time for LamΓ©co I moved back to South-Africa and fell in love with the country again.
2016
Senior developer πŸ’ͺ🏻
I started as a senior developer at LamΓ©co, working mainly on Symfony, Angular, and node.js projects. I also was responsible for mentoring students and new employees.
2015
Full-time app developer πŸ“±
I got hired by Bengees, a mobile app startup, to be the lead developer on an Ionic app!
2014
First time to South-Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦
A nice perk of Engagement Factory was a work trip to South Africa, little did I know I would fall in love with the country.
Medior developer at engagement factory πŸ€“
My hard work paid off, and I became a Medior Developer at Engagement Factory, picked up a lot of JavaScript, PHP and Marketing skills.
2013
Started my own company 🀯
The moment I Graduated I also started my own company, which I still have on the side.
Graduated at Fontys πŸŽ“
Graduated the communication and multi-media Design course at Fontys Eindhoven.
2012
Won the Atos IT challenge πŸ†
In 2012 we entered the ATOS IT challenge, our team "MultiLens" finished first in this worldwide competition. My role in this project was project managing, development en thinking on features, and the global idea.
First tech job πŸ₯³
Started working as a PHP Developer for ScriptMotion, programming in CodeIgniter.
1989
I was born πŸ‘Ά
This is where the whole journey started.

Don't take my word for it

Nicole Bongers
Nicole Bongers ~ Wife

Chris is an amazing husband and dog father!

Guus Meuwissen
Guus Meuwissen ~ Colleague

'Ridiculously fast' is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Chris. I had the please of working with Chris for around 2 years at Engagement Factory, while collaborating on several project teams. Chris's ability to juggle multiple projects while always committing to the highest quality is truly exceptional. Hence the reason I would say Chris is one of the most dedicated professionals I've worked with and he's always willing to go the extra mile to help you when needed. Thanks Chris!

Amer Jaganjac
Amer Jaganjac ~ Mentee

Chris is a very intuitive and skilled mentor. I had enjoyed learning from him. Chris made efforts in pointing out fields for development in my professional performance, and advising me on how to become a better IT professional. Thank you Chris!