Hi! I'm Jasper
I was born in 1990, and spent most of my
youth in Lokeren & Ghent, Belgium. I currently live in Zürich and write
code for
Fugue
Snyk.
Software
I love Haskell because it's a lot of fun to write, and you end up with robust and maintainable software. I think PureScript is a good alternative when you're targeting the browser. Here are some things I made:
- 双曲番 (sōkyoku-ban): Hyperbolic Sokoban, playable in your browser
- patat: Terminal-based presentations using Pandoc
- Hakyll: A static website compiler library in Haskell
- stylish-haskell: a highly configurable Haskell code prettifier
- Beeraffe: a word mashup game
- Lorem Markdownum: a lorem ipsum generator for markdown
- A fair number of Haskell libraries and tools: websockets, psqueues, blaze-html, profiteur, ...
Community
- Since 2017, I have organized ZuriHac, the largest Haskell community event in the world.
- I organized the 2021 ICFP Programming Contest.
- I was part of the Haskell.org committee for two around 6 years. I was chair for half of that time and focused mostly on the Summer of Haskell program.
- When I was at Ghent university, I was heavily involved in the Zeus WPI computer club.
Blog
Sometimes I write things on this website. Here are some of the more interesting ones:
- Visual Arrow Syntax March 12, 2020
- Haskell Design Patterns: The Handle Pattern March 8, 2018
- Image Processing with Comonads November 27, 2014
Hobbies
- I love skateboarding (previously downhill, now a bit of street), and I love snowboarding even more.
- I've been practicing street photography for a long time. Recently I did a project around Tram line 8 in Zürich.
- I spend a lot of time listening to audiobooks and my favorite author is probably Haruki Murakami.
- I have a soft spot for horror movies. I recommend everyone to watch Riget.