Richard Boomsma | Obscure Software

(they/them)

I'm a full-stack developer with a passion for crafting creative web and app designs, creating interactive user experiences, and architecting the scalable infrastructure that powers it all.

Back in 2010, I decided to make a game mixing all kinds of elements from some of my favorite titles. I started learning how to code, learning how to tinker and create all kinds of things (games, apps, websites, robots, iot and an electric skateboard). I've been hooked ever since.

I have a strong background in web development, with a focus on TypeScript, React and Node.js. On the side I try to keep up with the latest trends in the industry. For example this site is built using Astro for static site generation, PandaCSS for type-safe styling, Solidjs for interactive components, built with Bun for a fast javascript runtime, and it's hosted on Github Pages.

When I'm not behind the computer, I enjoy riding and working on my motorcycle, volunteering at De Sering, or spending my time as a climate activist at Extinction Rebellion.

I'm always interested in new opportunities in web development. Although I've previously dabbled in the finance sector, I'm now exercising caution regarding any organizations that enable investments in arms trade, profit from war and human suffering, or have a negative impact in general. My personal background includes spending a lot of time in non-hierarchical organizations, where my primary aim has been to make a positive difference in the world. I'm highly motivated to work with organizations that share, even if only to a small extent, a similar mission.

Over the years, I've worked with several companies and clients, from small startups to large corporations. Building products and services from high fidelity web apps for internal teams to consumer facing websites and mobile apps.

january 2024 - current

Radical Builders 🡥

Radical Builders is a company that designs and builds remote-controlled vessels.

Designed and built an interactive frontend for remote-controlled vessels, displaying critical operational data for real-time monitoring and control.
Set up an onsite CI/CD pipeline for streamlined development and deployment, ensuring the latest software is always available.
Implemented secure VPN for reliable remote hardware access.
Engineered multi-WAN failover to ensure continuous connectivity using Wi-Fi, 4G, and Starlink.

SolidJs

TypeScript

Bun.js

Docker

Linux

VPN

CI/CD

october 2022 - june 2023

Frank Energie 🡥

Frank Energie is a Dutch energy supplier that offers green energy at dynamic prices.

Implemented internationalization into the site, enabling per-language and per-country features, as well as seperation of business logic
Worked closely with designers to implement new design features into the site and app
Implemented (interactive) features in their app, ensuring feature parity between iOS and Android

React

React Native

Next.js

TypeScript

GraphQL

Node.js

february 2020 - october 2022

Team Rockstars IT 🡥 Agency

Team Rockstars IT is a Dutch IT consultancy company that offers IT professionals to companies.

Was part of an amazing community of developers, sharing knowledge and experiences

april 2020 - july 2022

DEGIRO 🡥 via Team Rockstars IT

DEGIRO is a Dutch online broker that offers retail and professional investors access to global financial markets.

Influenced many design and implementation choices of the new front-end stack and CI/CD pipeline
Worked on several front-end projects that where crucial for the RISK department
Implemented a handful of microservices in Java

React

TypeScript

RxJs

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

Microservices

april 2019 - december 2019

ING 🡥 Internship

ING is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation.

Researched internal teams needs for having a BDD testing framework
Developed a loosely coupled and modular testing framework on top of Cucumber, allowing users to create test cases for API's using building blocks

Java

Spring Boot

Cucumber

may 2018 - november 2018

Sancus I 🡥

Sancus I was a Dutch startup creating a platform for low and easy access to the cryptocurrency market.

Transitioned their existing Python-based back-end to the latest .NET framework, enabling the use of Entity Framework for data modeling and typed queries, as well as the use of Identity Server for user management and authentication
Configured the CI/CD pipeline in Azure

.NET

IdentityServer

Entity Framework

Razor Pages

NAVIGATION