Michaël De Boey
Senior JavaScript TypeScript & React Engineer at Michaël De Boey BV
Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolMichaël De Boey is a seasoned Tech Lead and freelance full‑stack JavaScript/TypeScript engineer with a decade of experience building resilient React applications and Typescript tooling. He blends hands‑on engineering with architecture and QA sensibilities, having led platform work at companies like Bluecrux and Cognite while also shipping components and infrastructure improvements as a prolific open‑source contributor. His contributions span high‑profile projects such as Remix, Tailwind, Create React App and Apollo Client—often focused on type safety, build/testing ergonomics and developer experience. Based in Sint‑Niklaas, Belgium, he is comfortable across frontend and backend stacks and is known for meticulous dependency and config hygiene that keeps large codebases healthy. An interesting detail: beyond feature work he frequently drives subtle developer productivity wins (ESLint/typings, CI/test tweaks and repowide refactors) that reduce friction for entire teams.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Investment advisor, Investment advisor at Syntra Antwerpen en Vlaams Brabant (Syntra AB)Bachelor Application Development, Applied Computer Science, Bachelor Application Development, Applied Computer Science at Karel de Grote-HogeschoolTSO Informatics, TSO Informatics at Koninklijk Atheneum Sint-Niklaas
Dutch, English, French
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Github Skills (99)
dependency-management10
storybook10
abstract-syntax-tree10
testing10
guideline10
typescript-definitions10
styled-components10
type-definition10
interface-design10
refactor10
phpunit10
remix10
apollo-client10
build-automation10
refactoring10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
remix-run/examples
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
A community-driven repository showcasing examples using Remix 💿
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:181 reviews, 24 commits, 337 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Michaël contributed to both the front-end and back-end aspects of the Remix examples repository. They implemented new UI components like `Field`, `Select`, `Textarea`, and `Label` within the `pm-app` directory, while also modifying routes and session-related files. The changes include enhancements to form handling, error management, and updates to build configurations. This suggests a focus on improving the application's user interface and overall functionality.
community-drivenreactremix
kentcdodds/kcd-scripts
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
CLI toolbox for common scripts for my projects
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 49 commits, 59 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Michaël primarily focused on updating dependencies and configurations for the project. They updated dependencies, including those for Babel, semantic-release, and lint-staged. The user also made changes to the configuration files, including prettierrc, babelrc, jest config, and huskyrc to incorporate new settings and enhance the build and testing processes. They also added .gql files to lintstagedrc and made other refactoring and code cleanup updates.
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