Ben Merken
Analist-progammeur at Solidaris Vlaanderen
Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Merken is a pragmatic web developer and analyst-programmer with eight years of experience building and maintaining front-end focused applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript and PHP, and practical exposure to Java and C#. He has delivered React/Next.js web apps and React Native mobile projects at AppFoundry and now works at Solidaris Vlaanderen, blending hands-on coding with technical analysis. Ben’s approach emphasizes efficiency and incremental improvements, often seeking faster, more maintainable workflows. Trained in applied informatics at PXL and with a background that once explored history at KU Leuven, he brings a curious, cross-disciplinary mindset to problem solving. Based in Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium, he balances production pragmatism with a drive to refine development processes.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in de Geschiedenis, afstudeerrichting Oudheid, HISTORY, Niet afgemaakt, Bachelor in de Geschiedenis, afstudeerrichting Oudheid, HISTORY, Niet afgemaakt at KU LeuvenASO - Latijn-Moderne Talen (4u. wiskunde), ASO - Latijn-Moderne Talen (4u. wiskunde) at Stedelijke Humaniora DilsenProfessionele Bachelor in de Toegepaste Informatica, Applicatieontwikkeling, Professionele Bachelor in de Toegepaste Informatica, Applicatieontwikkeling at Hogeschool PXL
Github Skills (16)
react-native-library7
backend6
web-application5
react-library5
javascript4
php4
react4
frontend3
symfony3
crud3
react-native3
mysql2
database2
laravel2
laravel-framework2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BenMerken/moms-shopping-list
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
A mobile shopping list app for my mother, made with React Native and Expo
Contributions:7 releases, 2 PRs, 73 pushes in 2 years
BenMerken/webapp-symfony-react-native
Oct 2019 - May 2020
A web application, using the PHP framework Symfony on the backend and the JavaScript library React Native on the frontend
Contributions:92 commits, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 6 months
react-libraryjavascript-libraryreactreact-native-librarysymfony-framework
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