Bram Moolenaar
Creator
Puerto de la Cruz, Spain
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Top SchoolBram Moolenaar is the creator and long-time lead developer of Vim, with 34 years of software engineering experience spanning low-level assembly, embedded systems, user interfaces and web applications. He led major product modernizations at Google including Gmail instant search and a revamped Calendar UI, and later modernized Merchant Center before retiring from full-time industry work. Bram continues to innovate as the creator of the experimental programming language Zimbu and remains active maintaining Vim 9 script for performance and clarity. Beyond coding, he founded and manages charitable efforts through Stichting ICCF Holland to support children in Uganda, and has handled treasurer roles improving organizational finances. Known for deep algorithmic thinking—particularly in spell checking—and a preference for unconventional, pragmatic design choices, he combines enduring craftsmanship with a lifelong curiosity for new languages and tools. Based in Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, he brings a rare mix of hands-on implementation experience and product-level impact.
34 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Delft University of Technology
English, Dutch, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (46)
ios10
macvim10
text-editor10
discord10
vimscript10
extensibility10
cross-platform10
neovim10
vim10
lua10
installer10
api10
mercurial10
nvim10
macos10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CyanogenMod/android_external_vim
Jul 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:403 commits in 1 year 4 months
splhack/macvim
Jun 2004 - Jun 2018
MacVim-KaoriYa repo (based on the MacVim repo)
Contributions:9513 commits in 14 years 2 months
macvim
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