Ruben Dijkstra
Software Engineer at IRP
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRuben Dijkstra is a pragmatic software engineer based in Amsterdam with 12 years of experience building reliable back-end systems and improving developer-facing libraries. At IRP and across open-source projects he’s focused on robust Java server-side work—contributing to QueryDSL, the GitHub Java API, JDA, and the widely used Lavaplayer audio library—often tackling subtle compatibility and performance issues. He has a knack for cleaning legacy code, adding precise annotations and more actionable SQL exceptions, and fixing edge cases such as streaming, URL parsing, and database operator support. Known for integrating GitHub tooling (gh-event-api) and a self-deprecating pride in his ability to "break" things, Ruben brings thorough testing and pragmatic refactors that prevent future regressions.
12 years of coding experience
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (38)
client-library10
apidoc10
discord-js10
youtube-api10
discord10
bots10
websocket10
url-parsing10
youtube10
java10
javas10
api10
websockets-client10
github-api10
sql10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
querydsl/querydsl
Apr 2014 - May 2018
Unified Queries for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:411 commits, 227 PRs, 331 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ruben primarily contributed to the Java-based querydsl/querydsl project by enhancing its core functionality and addressing various database compatibility issues. They focused on improving the PathBuilderValidator, implementing is-prefixed accessors, and refactoring presence checks. The user also fixed logarithm function issues for MSSQL Server, fixed Math tests for both MSSQL Server and Firebird, and added support for padding, round operator, and lowercase operators for MSSQL Server. Furthermore, the user added more detailed SQL exceptions to improve the user experience.
javaqueries
freyacodes/archived-bot
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
A Discord music bot serving music in over 3 million discord servers
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 26 PRs, 27 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ruben primarily focused on refactoring and improving the command registry and related functionalities of a Discord music bot. This included compacting the command registry for better organization, enhancing the announce command's counting logic, and optimizing various counting commands by utilizing underlying data structures. Furthermore, the user addressed minor issues such as permission checks and code style.
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