Jan-pieter Baert
Software Developer at Digitaal Vlaanderen
Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolJan-pieter Baert is a software developer based in Bruges, Belgium with eight years of hands-on experience across backend and full-stack roles, currently contributing at Digitaal Vlaanderen. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science from Ghent University and has practical experience in Java, Python, and automation from roles ranging from student jobs to professional engineering positions. Jan-pieter is an active open-source contributor, notable for improving configuration handling and test coverage in the popular qutebrowser project, reflecting a pragmatic focus on reliability and maintainability. He combines academic rigor with applied engineering—tackling configuration edge cases, improving test suites, and streamlining deployment workflows—making him effective at turning complex technical debt into robust, testable systems.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Ghent UniversityWetenschappen Wiskunde 8, Wetenschappen Wiskunde 8 at Sint-Lodewijkscollege
Dutch, English, French, German
Github Skills (7)
pyqt10
qutebrowser10
qt10
python10
testing9
browser8
vim7
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
qutebrowser/qutebrowser
Aug 2019 - Oct 2020
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 36 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jan-pieter primarily contributed to the configuration and testing aspects of the qutebrowser project. They focused on fixing issues related to unbinding keys and managing configuration files, specifically within the Python codebase. Their work involved updating the handling of autoconfig and version information, incorporating a new line for autoconfig load status and addressing formatting and test coverage problems. Additionally, they added tests for unbinding keys and improved the overall readability of the code.
pythonqtwebenginebrowservimvim-like
Jan-PieterBaert/custom_scripts
Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
scripts that make our life easier
Contributions:8 reviews, 158 commits, 20 PRs in 4 years 3 months
scriptpythonbatchps1life
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