Hay Kranen
Freelance Creative Coder
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHay Kranen is a freelance creative coder based in Amsterdam with 16 years of experience building data-driven digital projects at the intersection of art, culture and journalism. He combines hands-on web and frontend development with storytelling sensibilities, delivering work for cultural institutions, media outlets and heritage organizations. His background includes roles as a newsroom developer at de Volkskrant, data developer for investigative journalism, and R&D projects that connect archives to open knowledge like Wikidata. A pragmatic tinkerer and educator, he has taught data science with Python and founded long-running cultural newsletters and platforms that cultivate engaged communities. Notably, he pairs technical depth with curatorial instincts—designing playful prototypes that surface cultural narratives from messy datasets.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts, Digital Media Design, Master of Arts, Digital Media Design at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten UtrechtMontessori College Nijmegen
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
text-to-speech10
chat10
commons10
markov-chain10
custom-fields10
markov10
json10
json-api10
css10
command-line10
frontend10
messaging10
python10
data-conversion10
socket10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
hay/hay
Sep 2009 - Sep 2014
Contributions:68 commits in 5 years
beeldengeluid/bengdb-frontend
Mar 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:54 commits, 45 pushes, 7 tags in 4 months
sumwikipaintingswikidata
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