Zacharias Luiten
Software Developer at XZACHLY
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolZacharias Luiten is a pragmatic software developer with 14 years of experience building maintainable, framework-independent back-end systems, currently working at AWAREWAYS and freelancing under XZACHLY. He champions Event Sourcing, Clean Code and TDD, and brings practical DevOps and microservices thinking to production projects. His deep PHP background includes significant contributions to widely used repositories such as Zend Framework and DoctrineModule, where he improved form handling, hydration, and robustness through targeted fixes and thorough tests. Past roles include building a course management system and delivering enterprise features at Karify, demonstrating strong domain experience in education and healthcare-adjacent software. Known for pairing careful automated testing with pragmatic architecture, he often surfaces subtle issues like case-sensitivity and strategy application that others miss. Based in the Randstad, he combines steady open-source contributions with hands-on delivery across freelance and product teams.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Calvijn CollegeTechnische Informatica, Technische Informatica at Hogeschool van UtrechtTechnische Informatica, Technische Informatica at ROC Zeeland
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
unit-testing10
doctrine10
zend-framework10
php10
service-manager10
laminas10
session-management9
phpunit9
object-mapping9
form-validation9
orm9
repository-pattern9
input-validation8
testing7
html6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
doctrine/DoctrineModule
Dec 2012 - Sep 2013
Doctrine Module for Laminas
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 9 months
Contributions summary:Zacharias primarily contributed to the `DoctrineModule` by extending the functionality of the `Proxy` form element, allowing for more flexible data retrieval using the `find_method` option. This involved adding new methods, modifying existing ones, and implementing comprehensive tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of the changes. Furthermore, the user addressed a case-sensitivity issue and improved hydration of simple fields, ensuring the correct application of strategies during data manipulation.
laminasdoctrine
zendframework/zendframework
Jan 2013 - Mar 2014
Official Zend Framework repository
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Zacharias primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the Zend Framework. They focused on resolving issues related to service manager behavior, session management, and form validation. Their work included adding tests to cover specific scenarios, validating non-consecutive keys in form collections, and correcting the framework's bitwise validator.
zend-framework
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