Peter Ullrich is a senior software engineer, entrepreneur, and blockchain engineer based in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a decade of experience building scalable web applications. He currently serves as Senior Software Engineer at EagleMMS and founded Indie Courses, a platform that enables indie creators to sell video courses. A dedicated Elixir advocate, he leads Elixir + Phoenix LiveView projects and specializes in domain-driven design, software architecture, and team leadership. His open-source work includes technical writing for the Ethereum Populus framework, and he co-founded Stichting ForUs, a blockchain startup. Peter is a public speaker and former Explain Blockchain podcast host, sharing practical, production-focused insights. He combines software engineering with psychology-informed thinking from his studies in Groningen and RWTH Aachen to deliver auditable, user-centered systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Economics, Bachelor's Degree, Economics at University of Cologne
Master Software Engineering and Distributed Systems, Master Software Engineering and Distributed Systems at University of Groningen
Bachelor's Degree, Civil Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Civil Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
The Ethereum development framework with the most cute animal pictures
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Contributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 8 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on updating and correcting documentation for the `populus` Ethereum development framework. Their contributions included fixing typos, adding and removing sections about Web3.py interaction, and providing recommendations for related documentation. These changes mainly improved the quickstart guide and the introduction to chains, enhancing the clarity and usability of the project's documentation.
Contributions:2 PRs, 48 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 11 months
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