Dirk Uys
Development Lead at Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU)
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolDirk Uys is a Development Lead with 16 years of engineering experience building education-focused products and open-source tools from the Western Cape, South Africa. He leads development at Peer 2 Peer University, where he designs and maintains platforms for open education, and consults through Code 27 on projects that bridge pedagogy and practical software. His background spans research-grade simulation in C++, kiosk and POS systems, and teaching introductory AI and 3D graphics—giving him a rare mix of systems-level rigor and instructional empathy. Dirk contributes front-end work to notable open projects like P2PU’s course-in-a-box, focusing on course templates and accessible layouts that make online learning easier to author. He combines hands-on implementation with product thinking to turn educational ideas into reusable, community-oriented software.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Pretoria
English, Afrikaans, Spanish
Stackoverflow
1,204reputation
192kreached
31answers
7questions
Github Skills (16)
html10
css10
templater10
template-engine10
jekyll10
front-end-development9
bootstrap9
bootstra9
stl6
qt6
profiler6
python6
profiling6
django6
django-authentication6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
p2pu/course-in-a-box
Jun 2014 - Jan 2023
An open-source project for creating online courses, built by P2PU
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:446 commits, 53 PRs, 96 pushes in 8 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Dirk's commits primarily involve copying and adding layout and template files related to the course's structure. These changes include the base layout, about page, course page, footer, banner, Google Analytics script, and navigation. The user's focus appears to be on setting up the fundamental HTML structure and integrating necessary components for a basic online course template based on Jekyll.
templatereactonline-coursesjavascriptnodejs
p2pu/gentle-python-content
Mar 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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