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I’m Arnout, a Principal Engineer based in the Netherlands, recognized as a leading open source maintainer and expert in developer tooling. Over the past 15+ years I've released hundreds of libraries that streamline everything from local development to production diagnostics, with billions of installs powering engineering teams worldwide. I design systems that translate directly into happier, effective engineering teams.
I’m passionate about pushing the web forward through innovative frameworks and developer tools, driven by the belief that thoughtful developer experience multiplies impact across entire organizations.
Featured work
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websockets/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js
JavaScript 22,689 -
primus/primus
⚡ Primus, the creator god of the transformers & an abstraction layer for real-time to prevent module lock-in.
JavaScript 4,475 -
observing/pre-commit
Automatically installs a git pre-commit script in your git repository which runs your `npm test` on pre-commit
JavaScript 1,884 -
primus/eventemitter3
EventEmitter3 - Because there's also a number 2. And we're faster.
JavaScript 3,517 -
3rd-Eden/memcached
A fully featured Memcached client build on top of Node.js. Build with scaling in mind so it will support Memcached clusters and consistent hashing.
JavaScript 1,317 -
3rd-Eden/useragent
Useragent parser for Node.js, ported from browserscope.org
JavaScript 904