
Hey there! I am Daniel Brendel, a senior indie software developer and project founder!
I love creating complex software products across a range of fields, including web development, game development and application development. While I work with many programming languages, PHP and C++ are my main ones. Over the years, I've founded various projects and am excited to create more. I have strong expertise in designing and building complex software ecosystems. I'm furthermore an open-source advocate and passionate about promoting the values of Free and Open-Source Software.
If you want to work together or want to negotiate a project/job, please feel free to contact me via the button below.
I also like to do sports (mostly weight lifting and cardio), playing video games, attending fairs of the nerd culture, listening to music and enjoying a tasty coffee. I like to read about various scientific topics and I'm also interested in various philosophical debates.
HortusFox is a free and open-sourced self-hosted plant manager system that you can use to manage, keep track and journal your home plants. It is designed in a collaborative way, so you can manage your home plants with your partner, friends, family & more! By shipping the software as a self-hosted product, you are always master of your own personal data and thus are in full control over them. HortusFox is open-sourced MIT licensed software, so you can contribute to the software or make your own version of it.
Actifisys is a social network that revolves around activities and events. The system lets users create and join activities. Users can set themselves interested in an activity or join them. Activities whose activity date is in the future are listed in a feed. Users can comment on activities, send private messages, manage their favorites and receive notifications. There is also a forum, gallery and market place available.
Danigram is a social network system. Users can register and share posts consisting of formatted text and/or images/videos using hashtags. Users can comment on posts, like posts, comments and hashtags and mention users. Users can add favorites for hashtags and users. There is also profile management, member search, forum, stories, private messaging, notification system, e-mail system and more. The system comes with a friendly installer.
HelpRealm is a lightweight SaaS service support system for customers of your business. Customers can create support requests via a personal workspace contact form, e-mail or via your own frontend using our API, specifying data and attachments. For each support request there is a ticket created which is then handled by a registered agent. Tickets can be routed into different groups where initial tickets are routed to a defined index group. Superadmins can manage agents, groups, FAQ and system settings. Customers and agents get notified about ticket events by e-mail. Communication is possible via e-mail or a secret ticket thread form. The support system is especially suitable for freelancers and small teams.
Steamwidgets is a clientside web component that offers an easy way to integrate Steam Widgets of various Steam entities into your website. Therefore you only need very few code in order to render Steam Widgets into your document. Steamwidgets is used via JavaScript. Since JavaScript is supported by all major browser per default it is platform independent and compatible. Steamwidgets widgets are responsive, localizable, customizable and easily adjustable.
AquaShell is an easy-to-use Windows scripting and automation system. It integrates well with Windows and allows your to both create automation tasks as well as complex scripting applications. The product features a plugin system, so the shell can be extended with more commands. Of course there are standard plugins provided already. The syntax is inspired by C++, PHP, Tcl and PowerShell. It is easy to learn in order to quickly start developing your scripts.
Many played the Desktop Destroyer / Stress Reducer back in the days and really loved it. It created so many fond memories in many peoples childhood days. That's why Casual Desktop Game has been created. To bring back the old fun in a new and modern shape - which means downloadable community content and other community features. Thus the game is freely available to download and play via Steam. Casual Desktop Game features AngelScript to create tools/entities.
Survive the waves! Buy weapons and ammo! Unlock new stages! Purchase companions! Solve daily quests and get rewards! Casual Pixel Warrior is a wave shooter where your endurance to last an infinite fight depends on your skill, unlocked weapons and purchased ammo. The game is based on the Casual Game Engine, a top-down 2D game engine.
Casual Game Engine is another playground for both gamers and developers. With the game engine you can create your own singleplayer shooter games in 2D in top-down perspective using AngelScript. Games can be made as standalone games, mods and, if desired, shared with Steam (you need an own developer account for that). Casual Game Engine utilizes the famous AngelScript scripting language which has its valid place in the game development universe. It is easy to learn and has an easy understandable C++ style syntax.
Hyper Frenzy is a free arena-styled singleplayer 2D space shooter using top-down perspective. Fight in different modes against bots, collect various items and use one of the plenty weapons to defeat your opponents. Create your own maps and gametypes.
The Asatru PHP framework is a lightweight PHP framework which can be used to create your own PHP apps using MVC design pattern. I use it for many of my own projects as an alternative to the Laravel PHP Framework.
C++ rich-featured chat server system featuring chat-rooms (channels), private messaging, MOTD, server browser, administration, RCON, plugin system, self-updater and more.
I have profound practical experience using the following technologies
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