Bobby Bouwmann
Senior Software Engineer at PingPing
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBobby Bouwmann is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining backend-driven web applications, currently contributing to Hospitable.com and co-running the uptime-monitoring service PingPing. A Laravel evangelist by background, he spent six years at Enrise shaping self-steering teams and public-facing PHP projects, and remains an active contributor to well-regarded open-source libraries such as spatie/opening-hours where he improved DateTime compatibility and timezone handling. He blends hands-on development with soft skills in team growth, public speaking, and community mentorship—regularly helping others on Laracasts and presenting at Laracon and PHP conferences. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, Bobby is known for his collaborative, people-first approach and an ability to translate practical operational needs into robust, tested code. An interesting detail: beyond code he cultivates community trust through consistent public contributions and a quirky personal brand as the "Laravel Fashionista."
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Informatica, Information Technology, 8, Bachelor Informatica, Information Technology, 8 at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
1,003reputation
207kreached
4answers
18questions
virtual-machine
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vagrant
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virtualbox
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Github Skills (17)
zone10
calendars10
testing10
phpunit10
php10
timezone10
unit-test10
virtual-machine9
virtualbox9
vagrant9
curl6
attachment6
bruteforce6
css6
angularjs-directive6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
spatie/opening-hours
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Query and format a set of opening hours
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 13 comments in 26 days
Contributions summary:Bobby primarily focused on improving the `spatie/opening-hours` library, implementing and refactoring core functionalities. They updated the code to utilize `DateTimeInterface` for broader compatibility and added the ability to set timezones, enhancing the library's flexibility. Further contributions involved refining the code base by fixing style issues and adding extra tests, ensuring accuracy and adherence to best practices.
querycalendaropening-hoursphpshop
bobbybouwmann/markdownmail
Apr 2017 - Oct 2021
Laravel application behind markdownmail.com
Contributions:1 review, 35 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 6 months
laravelphplaravel-application
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