About Me — Rick Buiten

I am a software engineer who likes to write about Android (Kotlin), iOS (Swift), Java and AWS. What else? Please read this post.

My son and me at a wedding

In this article, I’ll tell you more about myself. Who am I? What keeps me busy and what do I like? Plus everything I’ll talk about on Medium.

First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Rick Buiten and I come from Enkhuizen. That is a beautiful city in the Netherlands. I live there with my wife and two children (a girl and a boy).

Technology
I’ve been interested in technology since I was a kid. My uncle was a software engineer and he got me interested in programming too. From an early age, I knew what I wanted to become, namely a software engineer! It is very cool to be on the basis of new stuff. I have developed websites and apps for various major brands such as Transavia, KLM, and ING, but I am most proud of my own creation. The EcoScan app (www.EcoScanApp.eu). This is an app that helps users to sort waste. The app does this on the basis of barcode recognition (not very exciting but very fast) and photo recognition (a lot more exciting!). With the recognition, you scan the product you want to throw away and we give the correct sorting advice based on your location. This prevents products from ending up in the wrong waste container or as litter.