Merlijn Boogerd

Merlijn is a versatile software engineer with experience across development, architecture, and DevOps. He focuses on identifying and removing bottlenecks within software organizations, enabling teams to deliver business value faster and more consistently. With a strong systems mindset, he helps teams build more effective and sustainable solutions.

Merlijn has a broad background in software engineering, spanning development, operations, architecture, and technical leadership. This allows him to look beyond individual disciplines and focus on what truly helps teams and organizations move forward.

His work centers on improving systems, both technical and organizational, by identifying and resolving bottlenecks that limit the flow of business value. He combines hands-on engineering experience with a strong systems mindset and a deep interest in how people and technology interact.

With a background in Computer Science and Cognitive Artificial Intelligence, Merlijn developed a lasting interest in intelligence in both human and artificial forms. With the rise of AI in software engineering, he actively experiments with AI-assisted workflows and applies them to improve productivity and quality, sharing these insights to help others work more effectively.

Trainer expertise

Disciplines

Software Development

Upcoming courses

Claude Code Mastery Training

Hands-on Claude Code course for software engineers. Build custom skills, hooks, and MCP servers across 2 days with a real codebase. Online or in-person.

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Claude
2 days
In Person

Next:

17 – 18 Jun, 2026

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€1795

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Building Smart Applications with Agentic AI for JVM developers (Java/Kotlin)

Ship intelligent features to production—not prototypes. While others struggle with LangChain theory, you’ll master semantic search, RAG systems, and multi-agent workflows using battle-tested Spring-AI and LangChain4j. Deploy AI that actually works in enterprise JVM apps.

Back-End Development
GenAI
Kotlin
2 days
In Person

Next:

25 – 26 Jun, 2026

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€1795

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Mastering AI-Assisted Software Engineering

2 days to AI coding mastery. Work with Claude, Copilot, and Cursor on your actual projects. Build Model Context Protocol integrations for your specific workflows. Leave with skills that immediately boost your productivity and custom tools that keep working long after the workshop ends.

Arman Kavian

GenAI
2 days
In Person

Next:

11 – 12 Jun, 2026

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€1795

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Learning Go

Build blazing-fast microservices without the complexity. Master Go’s goroutines and channels to handle 10,000 concurrent connections on a single server. Two days from beginner to deploying production gRPC services with streaming—Docker and Kubernetes teams love this language.

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Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Elevate your software engineering prowess by mastering Test-Driven Development, a short-cyclic process that empowers you to create software predictably and efficiently, through focused hands-on training.

Software Testing
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