Dietrich Moerman
Co-Owner, Trainer & Consultant at Breaking the Silos
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolDietrich Moerman is a Ghent-based co-owner, trainer, and consultant with 22 years of experience blending software engineering, agile coaching, and neurodiversity advocacy. He helps organisations build resilient, productive, and neuro-inclusive teams while also freelancing on SaaS maintenance, software design, and team agility dating back to building online applications since 2003. As founder and co-organiser of Breaking the Silos, he bootsrapped mini-conferences that improve collaboration and psychological safety across Belgian tech companies. Dietrich contributes to open-source tooling too, notably improving path handling in the popular defx.nvim Neovim file explorer. He brings a pragmatic mix of hands-on backend experience, team coaching, and workshop facilitation grounded in academic training from Hogeschool Gent and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Colleagues describe him as a connector who turns underappreciated cognitive differences into tangible organisational strengths.
22 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Hogeschool GentMaster's Degree, Master's Degree at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Github Skills (6)
neovim10
vim10
python10
nvim9
file-management9
file-manager9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Shougo/defx.nvim
Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
:file_folder: The dark powered file explorer implementation for neovim/Vim8
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Dietrich primarily contributed to the `defx.nvim` file explorer project by modifying the `file.py` module. Their work focused on path handling for the "drop" command, aiming to set relative paths correctly. This involved adjustments to how paths are handled in conjunction with the current working directory and tab context. The user also removed an unused import statement.
luavimfile-explorerneovimvim8
bjien/bjien.github.io
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:341 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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