This is me.
<meta name="role" content="Graphic designer & front-end developer" /><meta name="location" content="Netherlands" />// Building for the web since 1998
Hi, I’m Martijn Bokma.
I grew up in the '80s, back when the world was still offline, think Commodore 64, cassette tapes, and floppy-disk games. That retro, pixelated vibe still gives me a sense of warmth and nostalgia, and I’m lucky enough to have lived through both the offline and online eras. When the internet arrived in the '90s, it blew my mind and sparked a curiosity about how websites actually worked. That curiosity? It’s what led me to build them myself.
My expertise runs from WordPress (Bedrock, Sage, Timber) to React and Next.js, and from backend PHP to headless CMS setups. I love clean systems as much as clean interfaces, and I’m currently diving into headless CMS solutions, monorepo setups, and AI-driven workflows.
Today, I lead design and development at Matters, a student-driven streaming platform for the Creative Business programme at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. Additionally, I design and develop websites and apps for the Media, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship Academy and the Creative Business programme, while teaching design and tech skills to creative business students.
// Work experience
Sep 2023 – Present
Workshop Instructor & Web Developer at NHL Stenden Creative Business
Leeuwarden
Sep 2021 – Present
Chief Technology Officer at Matters
Leeuwarden
Jun 2021 – Mar 2024
AV Studio Manager & Student Instructor at NHL Stenden Creative Business
Leeuwarden
Mar 2019 – Apr 2020
Designer / Front-end Developer at Nordique
Groningen
Dec 2016 – Feb 2019
Medior Front-End Developer / Designer at ConnectingTheDots
Zwolle
// Education
2002 – 2009
Bachelor, Multimedia at Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden (University of Applied Sciences)
// Capabilities
front_end_development="React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, modern JavaScript"wordpress_engineering="Custom themes with Bedrock, Sage, and Timber"headless_cms="Directus and headless architecture for content-driven sites"web_design_and_uiux="Interfaces that are as clean as the code behind them"backend_and_php="Server-side logic and database performance"teaching="Workshops in design and tech for creative business students"// Tech stack
- HTML5
- CSS3
- LESS
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Astro
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- shadcn/ui
- Node.js
- Bun
- PHP
- Python
- Twig
- Nunjucks
- WordPress
- Craft CMS
- CouchCMS
- Directus
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Supabase
- Vite
- Docker
- DDEV
- GitHub