Jan Bouwhuis
GIS Specialist - Functioneel Beheerder Geografische Systemen at Provincie Overijssel
Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Bouwhuis is a GIS specialist and functional manager of geographic systems with over nine years of focused experience maintaining and improving spatial management platforms for Provincie Overijssel. He manages systems like dg Dialog BGT, Groenestein, and WION, leading vendor relations, user training, documentation, troubleshooting and BGT project delivery. Equally comfortable in code, Jan contributes to the popular open-source Home Assistant project, working on both back-end MQTT logic and front-end MQTT UI improvements to enhance reliability and user experience. This blend of hands-on system administration and active development gives him a practical edge in integrating geospatial workflows with modern automation and telemetry. Based in Zwolle, he pairs a technical foundation from MTS Landmeten with a long-standing curiosity for smart home tech and music, which often informs his pragmatic, user-centered approach.
9 years of coding experience
MTS Landmeten, Hengelo
Github Skills (16)
test-automation10
mqtt10
lit-element10
home-assistant10
javascript10
web-components10
frontend10
pytest10
python10
mqttnet10
testing10
asyncio9
html9
json9
css8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:3702 reviews, 267 commits, 1716 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the home automation system by implementing and refactoring MQTT-related features. They worked on improving the testing of event handling, state updates, and command execution. Furthermore, the user was responsible for fixing issues related to MQTT discovery, ensuring correct subscriptions, and adding support for features like setting the state of various devices.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
home-assistant/frontend
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
:lollipop: Frontend for Home Assistant
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 14 commits, 26 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to the frontend of Home Assistant, focusing on the MQTT configuration panel. They implemented and refined features related to MQTT publishing and subscribing, including options for Quality of Service (QoS), retaining messages, and template usage. Furthermore, the user was involved in UI/UX improvements to improve the presentation and usability of the MQTT configuration components. Finally, contributions were made to fix localization issues and correct display of information in the energy dashboard.
user-interfacelit-elementassistanthome-automationwebcomponents
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