Richard Lindhout
Owner at Photopilot
Zeeland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRichard Lindhout is a Netherlands-based software engineer and serial founder with 11 years of experience building user-focused web and mobile products through his companies webRidge, Photopilot and Half5. He combines hands-on frontend and React Native expertise—evidenced by notable UI contributions to the popular react-native-paper library and a cross-platform date/time picker—with practical product delivery for clients and internal startups. Richard regularly tackles UX polish, localization and platform-specific quirks, and has a track record of shipping MVPs and automation tools (from fashion photography workflows to time-registration and invoicing). With an applied degree in software engineering, he blends entrepreneurial ownership with deep UI/UX craft and a knack for automating repetitive workflows.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
HBO Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer, HBO Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer at Avans University of Applied SciencesHavo Natuur en Techniek. Economie en informatica als keuzevakken., Havo Natuur en Techniek. Economie en informatica als keuzevakken. at Calvijn College
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (27)
javascript10
react-native10
typescript10
user-interface10
ui-design10
interface-design10
material-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
ios9
internationalization9
android9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
web-ridge/react-native-paper-dates
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Smooth and fast cross platform Material Design date and time picker for React Native Paper
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:42 releases, 23 reviews, 308 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the UI/UX aspects of the React Native Paper Dates library. Their commits focused on fixing and improving the display, functionality and styling of components, including the time picker. The user also added support for different input modes (keyboard/picker) and added localization features. The work demonstrates a focus on improving the user experience and visual presentation of the date and time picker components.
datepickeriosperformantreact-native-papertranslations
callstack/react-native-paper
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
Material Design for React Native (Android & iOS)
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:2 reviews, 13 commits, 30 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Richard contributed extensively to the React Native Paper library, primarily focused on improving the UI components. Their work included implementing features for the `Searchbar` component, updating the `Chip` component, and fixing various UI-related issues, such as label positioning in the `TextInput` component and icon rendering across different platforms. Furthermore, the user added support for features such as `textAlign` in text inputs and handling events in touchable elements, all while contributing code modifications to several core UI components.
reactreact-native-androidreact-nativematerialios-android
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