Frank Graave
PHP-ontwikkelaar at Xitres
Borne, Overijssel, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Graave is a pragmatic PHP developer with 10 years of experience building and modernizing web applications, from Drupal-based open-source projects to large-scale in-house SaaS systems. He has led migrations from monoliths to microservices and driven high-throughput integrations with Google APIs, combining Symfony, MariaDB, TypeScript and RabbitMQ to deliver reliable, performance-focused platforms. As a back-end contributor to Open Social (Drupal), he implemented features like Web Push integration, cache tagging and batch jobs that improved scalability and engagement. Known for working closely with end users, he pairs hands-on coding and automated testing with a focus on maintainability and operational quality. Based in Borne, Netherlands, he balances technical rigor with a curious mindset—often exploring practical PWA and service-worker approaches from his early research days.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Webdevelopment, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Webdevelopment at Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (17)
drupal10
back-end-development10
php10
manage10
management10
tokenize9
databases9
tokenizer9
database9
web-development9
apidoc8
api8
reload6
type-error6
audio6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
goalgorilla/open_social
Nov 2016 - Jul 2020
Open Social install profile for Drupal
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:463 commits, 156 PRs, 472 pushes in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Frank primarily focused on back-end development within the Drupal-based open_social project. Their contributions involved adding features and functionalities, such as adding cache tags for dynamic content and implementing permission checks for various like functionalities. They also added new tokens for the messaging system and adjusted URLs within the group and user areas. In addition to these tasks, the developer worked on implementing a batch job to delete all content of a group.
social-networkdrupal-profilesocialphpdrupal
frankgraave/js-order
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:86 PRs, 96 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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