An experienced web developer, I build websites quickly, efficiently, using high-quality materials, with beautiful code and a solid foundation. I have specialized in creating fast and distributed sites and maintain some of the busiest sites in the country. I am also involved in many smaller sites created for children. more
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GO Magazine
I ran this magazine about electronic music from 2002 to 2009 and had tons of fun writing for it, together with dozens of others. It had been neglected for a while, but the stuff we wrote is just too precious. … Continue reading
Panda Maas
Developed the back end of this Flash site aimed at children. Panda Maas is the children’s mascot of Maasstad Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam. He lives in this website, where you can meet the doctors, ask questions, hear jokes, download drawings and … Continue reading
Radio 6
In 2009 I developed several plugins for Radio 6, the national music station for Soul and Jazz. The plugins showed the Electronic Programme Guide and let visitors browse past broadcasts and listen to the streams. In 2010 the entire website … Continue reading
Expedition Chemistry
For Stichting C3 I developed this WordPress 3 website aimed at children. It contains a lot of information about chemistry and has the goal of making this knowledge more accessible for primary education students. One of the most interesting aspects … Continue reading
Z@ppelin
The younger sister of Z@PP, Z@ppelin is a TV channel aimed at children up to 7 years of age. The channel was rebranded in 2009 and with it came an entirely new website. I built it from scratch using the … Continue reading
Z@PP
TV Channel for children and a large web community about its shows. Took over developing this CMS from Zapp employees and built and expanded immensely since then. Designed Single Sign-On for various third-party apps such as the mixer. REST API … Continue reading
Radio 1
Netherland’s biggest radio station for news and sports went live with the first Ruby on Rails installation used by the public broadcasters. I built the entire site from scratch. Almost everything is resourcefully routed. Performance is a huge concern since … Continue reading
I usually build websites on a distributed architecture. What does that mean? It lives on many web servers instead of just one, which allows massive numbers of visitors simultaneously. To accomplish this I use Ruby on Rails and other open source tools.
I work best using agile development; a process that continuously asks for client feedback and incorporates it into the finished product (although websites are never really “finished”). To contact me, email joost@spacebabies.nl or send a private inquiry using the contact form.