My name is Barend Garvelink

I am a software developer and data engineer in The Netherlands. I work for GoDataDriven, an excellent Data Science and Data Engineering consultancy based in Amsterdam.

If you want to contact me, you can shout out to me on Twitter or put an @-sign between my first and last name and append .nl to the lot.

Links

• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• StackOverflow
• Twitter
• GoDataDriven, my employer
• Xebia, my last employer

Projects and Blog Posts

Here are some things I've written that I can share.

• Project: Java-IBAN, a simple value type for handling IBAN account numbers in Java
• GoDataDriven Blog: Reactive Web Service Client with JAX-WS
• GoDataDriven Blog: Including custom Flume components in Cloudera Manager
• Xebia Blog: Android Resource Configuration override and Large Text Mode
• Xebia Blog: Using Intent extras with Espresso Rules
• Xebia Blog: The LGPL on Android
• Xebia Blog: How to run Android Instrumentation tests with ProGuard
• Xebia Blog: A better custom ViewGroup
• Xebia Blog: ViewHolder Considered Harmful (a lesson in how a poorly chosen post title distracts from the point you're trying to make)
• Xebia Blog: Anatomy of a Looper