Hans Donner
Engineer at Bizzdesign
Netherlands
Summary
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RockstarHans Donner is a pragmatic software engineer and consultant based in the Netherlands with 17 years of experience building resilient back-end systems, DevOps tooling, and developer experiences. He has driven operational and engineering roles across startups and enterprises, from leading ops at Mijndomein to engineering positions at Fullstaq, Bizzdesign and Atos, and running his own consultancy NonreD. Hans contributes to notable open-source projects—improving test robustness in the li3 PHP framework and enhancing the Kontena container platform CLI—showing a focus on cross-platform reliability and usable tooling. He blends hands-on coding, QA, and command-line UX improvements with a history in business analysis and education, enabling him to translate complex requirements into practical solutions. Colleagues would recognize him for quietly improving developer productivity and making systems more predictable across heterogeneous environments.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, English
Github Skills (18)
testing10
command-line-interface10
nodemanager10
php10
go10
command-line10
management10
web-framework10
cli10
test-automation10
kubernetes9
dockers9
docker9
kubernetes-pods9
linux8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
kontena/kontena
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
The developer friendly container and micro services platform. Works on any cloud, easy to setup, simple to use.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 43 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Hans contributed to the Kontena platform by enhancing the command-line interface (CLI) for managing grids, nodes, and services. Their work included adding and refining CLI commands, such as adding short versions for removal commands and introducing options like the ability to specify a grid name in the 'env' command. Additionally, they modified existing commands like 'whoami' and 'node list' to provide more comprehensive information. The changes indicate a focus on improving the user experience and extending the platform's functionality related to grid management and service deployment.
containersplatform-serviceseasy-clouddockersimple-to-use
UnionOfRAD/lithium
May 2012 - Jul 2012
li₃ is the fast, flexible and most RAD development framework for PHP
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:12 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Hans primarily focused on improving the quality and robustness of the PHP framework's testing suite. Their contributions included addressing platform-specific issues, such as Windows file permission errors, and simplifying test logic. They also implemented EOL normalization to improve the reliability of tests running across different operating systems and updated tests to account for issues with the handling of exceptions.
phpradframeworkdevelopment-frameworkphp-framework
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