Rune Laenen
Shopware Consultant at Kraftware
Lille, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolRune Laenen is a Belgian Shopware consultant and founder with 11 years of PHP and e-commerce experience, having worked on Shopware since the first Shopware 6 alpha and contributed directly to its core and admin features. He runs Kraftware and consults for merchants and agencies to deliver custom plugins, performant architectures, complex integrations, and maintainable workflows, blending hands-on full-stack development with pragmatic business sense. Rune's background includes roles inside Shopware and at agencies across BeNeLux, and he continues to contribute to notable open-source projects like Shopware and OpenRCT2. Beyond code, he organizes local cultural events and theatre productions, reflecting a creative, community-minded approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor, Toegepaste informatica, Bachelor, Toegepaste informatica at Karel de Grote-HogeschoolMiddelbaar, Informaticabeheer, Middelbaar, Informaticabeheer at Heilig Graf Turnhout
Dutch, English, French
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Github Skills (29)
javascript10
c-language10
gameplay10
ecommerce10
c1110
videogames10
c1710
php10
vue10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
openrc10
shopware10
cpp10
twig10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
shopware/shopware
Feb 2020 - Nov 2022
Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 1.500 community extensions
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 31 commits, 61 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rune primarily contributed to the Shopware 6 platform by implementing new features and fixing bugs, as evidenced by their commit messages. Their work involved modifying both the administration (frontend) and core (backend) parts of the application, suggesting a full-stack development focus. They addressed issues related to CMS elements, user settings, product properties, and other core functionalities like plugin management and sales channel commands, demonstrating a broad understanding of the Shopware ecosystem.
ecommerceshopwareapifirstshopping-cartvue
OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2
May 2015 - Mar 2016
An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 🎢
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 12 PRs, 51 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Rune primarily contributed to cheat functionalities within the game, adding new cheat options and fixing existing ones. They worked on the game's cheat window interface, adding buttons and functionalities for cheats such as clearing loans, fixing rides, and manipulating money. The user also implemented anti-clockwise rotation for the camera and addressed headless mode compatibility. They demonstrated a focus on enhancing the game's user interface and gameplay mechanics.
re-implementationgamediscordc-plus-plussimulation
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