Michiel Van Der Velde
Founder at We Can Do Better
South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichiel Van Der Velde is a founder and pragmatic back-end web developer from South Holland with 11 years of experience building Node.js-driven applications and SaaS-focused ventures. He blends a coder’s precision with a philosopher’s curiosity—holding formal studies in both informatics and philosophy—which informs a practical idealism in how technology should serve people. Michiel has founded multiple companies and a student organization, demonstrating entrepreneurial grit and community leadership alongside hands-on full-stack development. He’s passionate about emerging tech like IoT and AI, and runs a public-facing project, We Can Do Better, that explores the societal impact of technology through transparent, collaborative content. Known for treating code as a craft, he seeks elegant, maintainable solutions that balance beauty and utility.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Philosophy, Bachelor's degree, Philosophy at Leiden UniversityVMBO-t, Secondary Education, VMBO-t, Secondary Education at Groene Hart LyceumHBO, Informatica, Mediatechnologie, HBO, Informatica, Mediatechnologie at Hogeschool LeidenMBO, Informatica, MBO, Informatica at ROC Leiden
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (48)
eve10
eve-online10
peerjs9
esi9
webrtc-signaling9
noise9
single-sign-on8
datachannel8
sctp7
nodejs7
desktop-application7
signaling7
authentication7
sso-authentication7
queue7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MichielvdVelde/eve-sso
Mar 2020 - Jan 2022
Eve Online Single Sign On (SSO)
Contributions:14 releases, 50 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 9 months
evesignsingle-sign-onauthenticationsign-on
Art-of-Coding/lime
Jul 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:1 release, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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