Michael De Wit
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichael De Wit is an experienced software engineer based in Utrecht with 11 years of hands-on experience, including senior and principal-level responsibilities. He combines a solid academic foundation in Computer Science and a Master's in Game and Media Technology from Universiteit Utrecht with practical expertise across the full stack. Michael is an active open-source contributor, notably adding and maintaining TypeScript type definitions in the widely used DefinitelyTyped repository to improve developer ergonomics for packages like multipipe and pull-stream. Known for pragmatically shaping robust developer experiences, he brings a mix of systems thinking and attention to type-safety that helps teams move faster with fewer runtime surprises.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Universiteit Utrecht / University of Utrecht
Dutch, English
Github Skills (8)
typescript10
typescripts10
npm10
type-definition10
typescript-types10
typesc9
type-system9
javascript8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the repository by adding and maintaining TypeScript type definitions. This involved creating type definitions for various npm packages, including `multipipe`, `stream-fork`, `ssb-keys`, and `pull-stream`. These contributions focused on improving the developer experience within projects using these dependencies by providing robust type safety and autocompletion.
typescriptdefinitiondtstypingstypescript-definitions
mjwwit/drone-plugin-index
Dec 2016 - Feb 2021
Public index of Drone plugins
Contributions:11 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 2 months
droneindex
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