Bas Berge
System Engineer Web Hosting Services at Belastingdienst
Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBas Berge is a seasoned system engineer and backend-focused developer with 11+ years of experience designing and integrating web hosting and cloud infrastructure at the Dutch tax authority and through his consultancy. He specializes in pragmatic, low-effort systems that favor open source, open standards and robust API-based integrations, and has hands-on experience with AIX, VMware, IBM PureSystems, Websphere, Docker and AngularJS. Bas also contributes to open-source Python/Django tooling—improving template-driven email backends and testability—demonstrating attention to code quality and practical fixes. Comfortable translating organizational requirements into technical designs, he pairs deep operational knowledge with a builder’s drive from founding his own ICT firm. Colleagues know him for reliably shipping dependable platforms and for quietly automating gaps that commercial tools don’t address.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of ICT, Information Technology (B ICT), Bachelor of ICT, Information Technology (B ICT) at Christelijke Hogeschool WindesheimMBO, MMO, MBO, MMO at Hanze College Zwolle
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (7)
python10
django10
testing10
template-engine9
template-tags9
templater9
git4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
vintasoftware/django-templated-email
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Django module to easily send templated emails using django templates, or using a transactional mail provider (mailchimp, silverpop, etc.)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Bas primarily contributed to the backend logic of the Django-based project. They focused on enabling template selection and fixing whitespace issues within the email backend. Furthermore, they implemented and refactored test cases to ensure proper template selection behavior, demonstrating a focus on code quality and testability. Their work involved modifying the `vanilla_django.py` file and adjusting related tests.
djangodjango-templatesmailchimp
bastbnl/rasa
Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
💬 Open source machine learning framework to automate text- and voice-based conversations: NLU, dialogue management, connect to Slack, Facebook, and more - Create chatbots and voice assistants
Contributions:24 pushes, 5 branches in 4 months
pythonnlubotspeech-recognitiondialogue-systems
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