Software engineer.
Curious maker.

I’m Michel, a Dutch developer who builds useful web applications, open-source libraries, multiplayer games, and a software company of my own.

This is work I care about—made for communities, school, my own company, and the joy of figuring things out.

Selected work

Nine projects across product engineering, open source, games, communities, and security.

JSON:API Converter artwork

Java · Open source

JSON:API Converter

I built this Java library to convert ordinary objects into responses compliant with the JSON:API standard.

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Mindware Software logo

Independent company · Since 2023

Mindware Software

The company I started to give my independent software work a home.

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Apollo 13 game artwork

Cooperative game · 10–16 players

Apollo 13

A team-building game where players cooperate to bring two stranded astronauts home.

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The Hunt of the Blood Moon artwork

Multiplayer · Murder mystery

The Hunt of the Blood Moon

A first-person social survival game in which one mythological creature hides among the players.

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Pare Dose logo

React · FastAPI · Greece

Pare Dose

I built the React front end and FastAPI backend for this second-hand marketplace in Greece.

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Scouting Mierlo-Hout logo

WordPress · Community

Scouting Mierlo-Hout

I developed this WordPress site so the club board can publish news and build its own forms.

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Cyber Security Minor artwork

Research · FHICT

Cyber Security Minor

Research and practical work in cryptography, application security, red teaming, and CTF challenges.

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Chess pawn

Singleplayer · Multiplayer

Chess

A complete chess application from my third semester of software engineering at FHICT.

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Michel Bijnen

I like software best when it leaves the idea stage.

I work across the stack and across contexts: a dojo calendar, a Java library, a Greek marketplace, a multiplayer mystery, or research into how systems fail. The common thread is simple—I enjoy understanding the problem and making the thing work.