Willem Van Bockstal
General Manager at Van Bockstal & Zonen
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Summary
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RockstarWillem Van Bockstal is a seasoned technology leader and General Manager based in Antwerp with over 12 years of hands-on experience building and refining web products and developer tooling. He progressed from New Media Developer roles into long-term design and full-stack work at Spatie, contributing UI/UX improvements, Laravel integrations and front-end polish across well-known open-source projects such as facade/ignition and several Spatie repositories. Comfortable across front-end, back-end and DevOps tasks, he has added practical enhancements like dark mode, responsive layouts, and developer-facing features (e.g., in-browser Tinker and custom dotfiles). Now running Van Bockstal & Zonen, he blends operational leadership with a developer’s attention to detail and a track record of shipping pragmatic, user-focused solutions. An understated strength is his longevity in projects—years of iterative improvements that show a focus on maintainability and real-world UX.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (42)
javascript10
laravel-mix10
css10
bash10
dotfile10
ui-design10
laravel10
php10
front-end-development10
vue10
html10
shell10
zsh10
vue-jsx10
seed9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
spatie/dashboard.spatie.be
May 2016 - Sep 2019
The source code of dashboard.spatie.be
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:90 commits, 8 PRs, 105 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Willem primarily worked on front-end components for the dashboard, particularly the rain forecast and other display elements, making style and functionality changes. The commits include modifications to JavaScript files using Vue.js and related libraries. Furthermore, the user updated various Vue.js filters.
websocketslaravel-echophpvuespatie
spatie/spatie.be
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
The source code of spatie.be
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 264 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Willem primarily contributed to the `spatie/spatie.be` repository by adding and modifying content within the `database/seeders/MembersSeeder.php` file. These changes involved adding new member profiles, updating existing profiles with website links, and making adjustments related to PHP code styling. Furthermore, the user modified the `resources/views/auth/login.blade.php` and `resources/views/front/pages/products/partials/purchasedLicense.blade.php` files implementing changes in the auth layout and adding the getting started URL.
laravelphpspatie
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