Peter Morlion
Owner at SMO Machine building
Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolPeter Morlion is an experienced software developer and architect with over a decade focused on rescuing legacy systems, reducing technical debt, and improving reliability across C#, TypeScript, NodeJS, Python, PHP and Java stacks. As owner of Red Star IT and a longtime consultant, he combines hands-on refactoring, testing and deployment work with pragmatic architecture guidance to help teams ship faster and with fewer bugs. He has led platform and principal architect efforts to break down monoliths into microservices and built self-service tooling to accelerate engineering delivery. A committed community builder, he co-founded Building Bruges and authors LinkedIn Learning courses on technical debt and architecture, translating complex engineering concepts into actionable practices. He also contributes to open-source internationalization efforts—adding Dutch support to the accessibility-focused OptiKey project—demonstrating an eye for inclusive, production-ready solutions. Based in Bruges, Belgium, he pairs hands-on coding with practical mentorship to make software safer and more maintainable.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
OLVA (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe College Assebroek)Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at DDD AcademyBeer tasting, Beer tasting at Centrum voor AfstandsonderwijsOverseas Family School (Singapore)Master, Political Science, Master, Political Science at KU LeuvenBachelor’s Degree, Informatica, Bachelor’s Degree, Informatica at CVO-IVV De Avondschool Gent
English, Dutch, French, German
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Github Skills (18)
accessibility10
localization10
csharp10
cors9
cross-domain9
security9
resource-management9
firefox9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
internet-explorer6
oracle6
jsfiddle6
asp-net6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
OptiKey/OptiKey
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
OptiKey - Full computer control and speech with your eyes
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:17 commits, 6 PRs, 26 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to localizing the OptiKey project by adding Dutch language support. This included modifying code to incorporate Dutch language options, adding Dutch dictionary files, and creating and integrating Dutch language resources. Furthermore, the user updated the project's build configurations to include and use these new Dutch language resources.
speech-recognitiondisabilitiesc-sharpeye-trackingassistive-technology
petermorlion/RedStar.Amounts
May 2016 - Oct 2022
Easy working with units and amounts; no more weird conversion or hard-to-trace bugs
Contributions:17 releases, 147 commits, 35 PRs in 6 years 6 months
dotnetamountsunits-of-measuremeasurementstrace
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