Michael Erkens
Owner at Lelyfoto
Flevoland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichael Erkens is a pragmatic software engineer and entrepreneur with 11+ years of experience building PHP/Symfony applications and modern containerized workflows using Docker and Kubernetes. He has a strong focus on developer productivity, having streamlined GitHub-centric pipelines and PHPUnit testing practices across multiple teams and e‑commerce projects. As owner of Lelyfoto he combines technical craft with a creative eye—running a family and event photography business alongside full‑stack development work. His background includes long tenures in web development and community coordination roles (Dutch Red Cross), reflecting both technical depth and operational reliability. Based in Flevoland, he brings a hands‑on, multidisciplinary approach that blends engineering discipline with practical teamwork and volunteer leadership.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
ingenieur, Hogere Informatica, ingenieur, Hogere Informatica at Hogeschool van Amsterdam
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (59)
jquery-plugin10
financial10
data-uri10
doctrine-migrations10
instanceof10
finance10
doctrine10
php10
bank10
sdk10
payment10
factory9
bundle9
uml9
markdown9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
erkens/deployer
Nov 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
boxdeploymentphpout-of-the-boxdeployment-tool
lelyfoto/twig-instanceof
Feb 2022 - Feb 2023
Adds InstanceOf Expression as Twig Extension
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 4 commits in 1 year
instanceoftwigtwig-extensionbundlephp
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