Thijs Van Der Schaeghe
Software Engineer at QuizWitz
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolThijs Van Der Schaeghe is a pragmatic full-stack software engineer and serial founder with 11 years of experience building API-driven web applications and browser games from Ghent. He blends deep PHP backend expertise (Laravel, Symfony, custom stacks) with seasoned JavaScript front-end work, and has led projects ranging from e-learning and mobile APIs to social aggregation and indie game tools. As founder of QuizWitz and CatLab Interactive and a current engineer at Smart Symbols, he moves between consultancy and product work, picking the right technology for each problem. Known for shipping practical solutions—and for celebrating small frontend victories like vertically centering a div—he thrives on turning vague requirements into maintainable systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA Applied Computer Science, BA Applied Computer Science at HOGENTSteinerpedagogie, Steinerpedagogie at Vrije Rudolf Steinerschool
English, Dutch
Github Skills (180)
visa10
swagger10
oas10
excel10
xls10
heroku10
php-library10
whatsapp10
rest-api10
preloading10
resumable10
openapi10
javascript10
animation10
spreadsheet10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
CatLabInteractive/neuron-model-validator
Jan 2015 - Feb 2022
Contributions:8 releases, 27 pushes, 8 tags in 7 years 2 months
validationphpinput-validatorphp-inputvalidator
CatLabInteractive/laravel-petstore
May 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:51 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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