Wesley De Groot
Young Blood Board Vice Chairman at infinyte
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolWesley De Groot is a versatile engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience bridging electrical engineering and software development from Amsterdam. He co-founded and ships apps via Infinyte and DinnerConnect while contributing to notable open-source macOS projects like CodeEdit and AuroraEditor, focusing on native Swift UI and editor UX improvements. At Sanquin he progressed from maintenance technician to senior technical planning, blending lab hardware know-how with systems-level technical coordination. An active mentor in the Appsterdam community, he pairs practical field experience—repairing lab centrifuges and control cabinets—with modern full-stack and iOS/macOS development. Wesley’s uncommon strength is translating low-level hardware constraints into polished software experiences, evidenced by cross-disciplinary projects that span device maintenance to keyboard-driven editor features.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Eerste Monteur Sterkstroom Installaties (EMSI) (MBO 3) Electrician, Eerste Monteur Sterkstroom Installaties (EMSI) (MBO 3) Electrician at Nova CollegeTechnician High Power Installations (Secondary vocational education 4) Electrical and electronic engineering, Technician High Power Installations (Secondary vocational education 4) Electrical and electronic engineering at ROC Horizon CollegeMonteur Beveiliging Installaties (MBI) Security System Installation, Repair, and Inspection Technology/Technician, Monteur Beveiliging Installaties (MBI) Security System Installation, Repair, and Inspection Technology/Technician at KenteqVMBO Electrician, VMBO Electrician at Damiate College
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
editors10
javascript10
develop10
ide10
swiftui-app10
ui-design10
editor10
xcode10
uid10
front-end-development10
swift10
macos10
swiftui10
appkit9
code-editor8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
AuroraEditor/AuroraEditor
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Aurora Editor is a IDE built by the community, for the community, and written in Swift for the best native performance and feel for macOS.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 225 reviews, 573 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Wesley's commits indicate a focus on developing and maintaining the Aurora Editor IDE, with contributions spanning both the front-end and back-end aspects of the project. They were involved in the creation of the user interface components and the underlying system logic and design. The commits show implementation of core components and modules, which aligns with a general understanding of how to use a wide variety of software.
idemacosswiftauroracocoa
djyde/WebShell
Dec 2015 - Aug 2018
Bundle web apps to native OS X app
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 112 commits, 21 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Wesley primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and adding new features to the web application. They implemented notification support, including the ability to display notifications and handle user interactions with them. Furthermore, the user added console.log support for debugging and enabled functionalities like file uploads and trackpad gestures to improve the user experience. Additionally, they made code improvements such as fixes for window handling and the implementation of local storage.
bundleos-xweb-appsswiftosx
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