Summary
Maarten Spreij is a pragmatic PHP developer with 15 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining web applications and backend systems, currently focused on maintaining a university-facing research app at Fargeau. His toolkit spans PHP 5–8, JavaScript, MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Linux/OS X, Redis, Bash and Git, and he’s broadened into automation and ops with Ansible, Docker, backup and integration test automation. He’s worked across PDF/image generation, streaming JSON/XML imports, payment and messaging systems, and retains a curiosity for TUIs and CLI automation. Notably, he’s shifted away from e-commerce work and now emphasizes security, cert management and resilient system operations.
15 years of coding experience
Master of Despair (MDes), Master of Despair (MDes) at Hogwarts
Master of Paranormal Science, Master of Paranormal Science at Self taught
English, Dutch