Jovi De Croock
Software Engineer
Hey, I am Jovi De Croock, a software engineer and technology enthusiast from Belgium. A React, GraphQL, and TypeScript specialist, currently Staff Software Engineer at Shopify, previously worked at Stellate, Formidable and Codifly.
I love working in the open, collaborating, being a force multiplier with others and finding elegant solutions to complex problems. I'm passionate about open-source and maintain several projects, core team of Preact, urql, and GQL.tada.
Work experience
- Shopify Staff Software Engineer (2024-Now)
- Stellate Staff Software Engineer - Director of R&D (2021-2024)
- Formidable Senior software engineer - Tech lead (2019-2021)
- Codifly Web and Mobile engineer (2017-2019)
Open source work
- https://preactjs.com
Preact
A fast and tiny alternative to React with a modern API.
- https://github.com/preactjs/signals
Signals
A reactive signals primitive for Preact and React.
- https://urql.dev
urql
The highly customizable and versatile GraphQL client for React, Svelte, Solid, Vue, or plain JavaScript, with which you add on features like normalized caching as you grow.
- https://gql-tada.0no.co/
GQL.tada
The magical GraphQL parser written in TS types, this tool automatically types your GraphQL Documents without codegen.
- https://github.com/preactjs/prefresh
Prefresh
React Fast Refresh for PreactJS.
- https://github.com/0no-co/graphqlsp
GraphQLSP
A TypeScript LSP Plugin to properly support inline-hints/diagnostics/... while developing front-end GraphQL applications.
Achievements
Engineering Philosophy
My approach to software engineering is guided by six core principles that emphasize simplicity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.