Hi, I'm Thomas.

I build companies and tools to support small businesses and educators.

Alongside my work at various startups, I consult founders and engineers on everything from setting up their first business to designing tech platforms.

Recent writings

Rendering a PDF Page to a JPEG in Node.js I had to implement a use case where I wanted to let users select a section of a page from a PDF to embed it as a 'clipping' in their text document. Integrating Safe Exam Browser Safe Exam Browser is an app that can be installed on Mac, Windows and iOS to create a safe test taking environment for students that prevents some... You Don't Need Everything in One Place There's this urge that I – and based on the subreddits I visit, a lot of people that are into productivity tools – have, of wanting to find a perfect... Keeping Your Environments Distinct with Separate Favicons When you're working on a web app that runs in multiple environments (dev, staging, production), it's easy to get confused and get frustrated about a... Staying in Control Using Remote Config Apple and Google's app review process for getting a new version of an app released into the App Store and Google Play is pretty fast these days,... View all →

What I'm working on