Tom Van Looy
Cloud Operations - Developer & Sysadmin
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Van Looy is a pragmatic cloud operations developer and sysadmin with 15 years of experience building and running PHP/Linux-based systems for agency and hosting environments. At iO he combines software engineering and systems work to deliver reliable user experiences for national and international clients, while contributing to open source projects in the Symfony and PHP ecosystems. His contributions to SensioFrameworkExtraBundle and Symfony docs show both deep backend craftsmanship—improving Doctrine param mapping and code quality—and an eye for clear developer-facing documentation. Comfortable across stacks from legacy iSeries RPG to modern cloud tooling, he pairs hands-on troubleshooting with thoughtful refactors and test-backed changes. Based in Beerse, Belgium, he’s the sort of self-made “software mechanic” who values maintainability and backward-compatible improvements.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
HBO5, Electronics, automation, HBO5, Electronics, automation at HORITO Turnhout
English, Dutch, French
Github Skills (28)
unit-testing10
annotations10
doctrine10
authentication10
user-authentication10
bolt10
refactor10
annotation-processing10
doc10
user-management10
php10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
refactoring10
annotate10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
symfony/symfony-docs
Feb 2012 - Apr 2020
The Symfony documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:22 commits, 5 PRs, 19 comments in 8 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Tom primarily focused on improving the Symfony documentation by rewriting and updating existing content. Their contributions include revising cookbook entries related to console logging, Monolog configuration, and messenger process managers. Additionally, they corrected typos and updated information on doctrine configuration and form caching, along with addressing specific errors in the documentation.
bundlephpsymfonysymfony-bundle
sensiolabs/SensioFrameworkExtraBundle
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
An extension to Symfony FrameworkBundle that adds annotation configuration for Controller classes
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Tom primarily contributed to the `DoctrineParamConverter` class within the SensioFrameworkExtraBundle. They implemented and refined functionality related to mapping parameters from a request to a repository method's signature, enhancing flexibility in data retrieval. Key changes include adding support for mapping method signatures, introducing the `map_method_signature` option for backward compatibility, and refactoring code for improved readability. They also added tests for the new feature.
controllerbundlephpsymfony-bundlesymfony
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