I’m an independent software developer and product builder based in Amsterdam. I combine years of software development experience with a first-principles approach to designing, building and improving digital products.
Today I’m building GoPractice through Digital Mastiff, while I keep exploring software architecture, product development and what it takes to turn an idea into a sustainable business.
Now building
Booking and membership software for independent studios and gyms: dance, fitness, yoga and Pilates studios, boxing gyms and martial arts schools.
It takes on the administrative work around class bookings, memberships and payments, so that running a studio is less about the paperwork.
I’m the founder. I build the product, and I’m learning to sell it too: talking to studio owners, marketing it and handling objections.
Independent work
My independent software business in the Netherlands, and the company behind GoPractice.
It follows the idea behind everything I build: start from fundamentals, and build software thoughtfully, putting safety, reliability and useful outcomes first.
Alongside it, I keep a few projects of my own running:
Writing
Summary Introduction The Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture is one of the oldest and most popular standard architectural patterns in the industry. It was invented by Trygve Reenskaug…
The Strategy Pattern is a powerful tool for writing flexible and maintainable PHP code. By decoupling behavior from specific implementations, it allows for dynamic runtime swapping…
Churn PHP is a tool that helps identify the most problematic code files in a project by combining complexity and frequency of changes (churn). It is…
Today I will show you how to create a simple PHP application following the MVC pattern (Model-View-Controller). MVC frameworks are widely used in the industry because…
