Kenny Van Vulpen
Software Engineer at Hero Balancer - Smarter Buildings
Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorKenny Van Vulpen is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building cloud and game-related systems, currently working on a cloud BMS at Hero Balancer in the Netherlands. He blends C# backend expertise with React front-end experience from full-stack roles and .NET development positions. Self-taught from childhood game tinkering, Kenny has a strong hobbyist background in Minecraft tooling and contributed notable features to the MiNET project, including world saving, TNT and item mechanics. He’s comfortable shipping both experimental game systems and production cloud services, demonstrating versatility across domains. Based in Hoorn, he brings a pragmatic, feature-focused approach and a history of turning playful curiosity into durable software.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, English
Github Skills (14)
backend10
csharp10
game-development10
mc-server10
server10
server-side10
apidoc9
api9
entity-model8
command-line-tool8
command-line-interface8
command-line8
entity-manager8
map-generation7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
NiclasOlofsson/MiNET
Jan 2015 - Jul 2022
A (not so) basic Minecraft Pocket Edition server written in C#
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 161 commits, 23 PRs in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Kenny contributed several features to the Minecraft Pocket Edition server written in C#. They implemented Flint & Steel functionality, including item creation and usage. The user also worked on experimental TNT implementation, including a secondary TNT implementation, and fixes for Bedrock explosions. Additional work included implementing stairs, along with various other item drops, command execution improvements, and an initial world saving capability.
csharpminecraftminetminecraft-serverc-sharp
ConcreteMC/Alex
Apr 2016 - Jan 2025
A Minecraft client written in C# aimed at compatibility with MC:Java & MC:Bedrock
Contributions:2 reviews, 33 PRs, 605 pushes in 8 years 10 months
csharpjavaminecraftdotnetbedrock-edition
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