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Who am I?
I'm Michael, a full time and full stack (web) developer.
Born in 1994, raised and living in Belgium. Since I was 15-16 years old I've been obsessed with technology. Since then I chose to study something with computers, hardware and software focused. During all these student years I've chosen the web developer path as dream job, with also self-studied hardware path.
My favorite is back-end, but front-end is welcome too. I also love building computers, troubleshooting them and fixing them (but less so on software side). My hobbies are listening to music, festivals (I'd like to actually visit more of em), gaming, programming, movies, driving bike and some more.
As you can see my life is kinda based on technology.
.NET
65%
Front end web development
80%
Back end web development
95%
Databases
90%
Operating Systems
90%
Note: the percentages are based on experience of a topic.
Here's what I made
These are the projects I finished or I'm busy with.
Athenasoft
My full time job. Athenasoft is a comprehensive CMS/administration system with integrated website capabilities designed for adult education centers ("CVO's" in Dutch) throughout Belgium.
The CMS portion serves staff and teachers, while the website component caters to prospective students. This complete solution offers hundreds of specialized features and modules to streamline administration across all school departments.
Private Servers
I have extensive experience managing multiple virtual private servers (VPS) for both personal projects and gaming communities. My responsibilities include server administration, performance optimization, domain management, service deployment, security implementation, and monitoring. I've worked with various hosting providers and Linux distributions to maintain highly available and secure server environments.
API's
I am passionate about working with APIs. I have extensive experience integrating various APIs including PayPal, Twitter, Pingdom, Google, PayConiq, Microsoft, Canvas LMS, and Campaign Monitor. I enjoy creating seamless integrations and building robust applications that leverage these services.
Multiplayer servers
I developed and maintained three San Andreas Multiplayer (SA-MP) servers as a PAWN scripter, including custom websites and user control panels for two of them: LM-DM, Police And Terrorists and Minigames Server. These projects combined game server scripting with full-stack web development.
Bakery
I developed and currently maintain a fully Laravel-based website for my father's bakery. The application features an integrated webshop with order management, product catalog, and secure payment processing.
Flarum
Flarum is forum software which I contributed to by making some extensions: MyBB to flarum, discussion views and profile views
Hardware scraper
Not an open source project but while chip shortages continue throughout 2021 and 2022 it's been impossible to get a gaming graphics card and other PC components. To counter this I've made a scrape bot and the data is publicly available.
Youtube converter
A comprehensive SaaS API that extracts, downloads and converts YouTube videos to various formats. It provides detailed video metadata and direct stream links through a RESTful JSON interface. Available as both a standalone PHP library and a Laravel package on GitHub.
Computer builds
I've build desktop computers for my own, for family, for fun. It's so satisfying when booting up your freshly new PC for the first time. I have some video's on my Youtube.
Listraptor
A project developed for a client to help users discover companies and software. It integrated The Companies API and featured multiple sections such as categories, blog, Q&A, and more. A custom admin panel was included for website content management.
Onlyfans Scraper
Thanks to reverse engineering and checking HTTP traffic, this website makes downloading possible from websites such as Onlyfans or Fanlsy.
This project is my first NodeJS project, made with AdonisJS
Movies Like X
A site I made for a client that uses the IMDB API to search for similar movies from a movie you love! Unfortunately the client has discontinued the project.
Spot The Bug
This website has daily challenges where you can spot bugs in code snippets. The goal is to find the bug in the code and provide a solution on how to fix it. The game is designed to be fun and educational, helping you improve your coding skills while having a good time.
Here's a contact form
Have any questions?
Use this form or mail directly to michael@michaelbelgium.me