Wietse Wind
Building On The XRP Ledger at Xaman
Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolWietse Wind is a pragmatic software engineer with 12 years of experience building backend systems and command-line tools, based in Amersfoort, Netherlands. He brings hands-on expertise in Node.js, PHP and Bash, and has a track record of improving reliability in API clients and DevOps tooling—examples include refining division-aware data handling in an Exact Online PHP client and enhancing private-IP and SSH support for the popular tugboat DigitalOcean CLI. Comfortable working across open-source projects, he focuses on practical fixes that improve correctness and developer experience. Outside code, he combines entrepreneurial curiosity with eclectic interests—from parrots to XRP—that often inform a grounded, user-focused approach to engineering.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Het Nieuwe Eemland College
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
ssh10
command-line10
digitalocean-api10
command-line-interface10
php10
api10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
cli10
ruby10
testing9
test-driven-design8
git8
react6
javascript6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
petems/tugboat
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
A command line tool for interacting with your DigitalOcean droplets.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Wietse focused on enhancing the `tugboat` command-line tool by implementing features related to handling private IPs and improving SSH connectivity. They modified several files, including `lib/tugboat/middleware/find_droplet.rb`, `lib/tugboat/cli.rb`, `lib/tugboat/middleware/list_droplets.rb`, `lib/tugboat/middleware/info_droplet.rb`, and `lib/tugboat/middleware/ssh_droplet.rb`, to support private IP addresses and improve SSH functionality. Additionally, the user added and modified several tests for "Display + SSH to private IP" and fixed an error in the authorize CLI spec.
command-line-toolclidigitalocean-dropletsdigitaloceandroplets
picqer/exact-php-client
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
PHP Client library for Exact Online
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Wietse primarily focused on refining the handling of division-related data within the Exact Online PHP client library. They implemented and refactored code to correctly manage the division parameter within API requests, particularly for financial transactions. This involved updating how the division filter is applied in the URL and addressing issues to restore division settings correctly. Their contributions directly impacted the accuracy and reliability of data retrieval within the library, especially when working with division-specific data.
php-clientclient-libraryphpphp-library
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