Software Engineer, Photographer, and Friend of Open Source Software

Software

I've been making software professionally for over 15 years.

I am primarily focused on Kotlin Multiplatform development.

I'm currently building BitKey at Block (dba. Square, Cash App)

Recent Writing

Extension Variables with state in Kotlin

Ack APRS Parser for Android Available Now!

🔗 via block.xyz

How Bitkey Uses Cross-Platform Development

Becoming a 10x software engineer by ignoring LLMs

🔗 via bitkey.build

Bitkey’s inheritance feature: A technical deep dive

Markdown is Ruining the Web

Independent Audit of Ionspin’s KMP-Libsodium

Feature Flags as an Anti-Pattern

Fixing Firefox's Session Restore After Restart

Builders are for Java

Photography

I take photos as a hobby. I'm starting to upload them here, check it out!

Contact

Social Media

I do not use any social media.

E-Mail

You can reach me at renee@reneevandervelde.com

Security

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