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

A Story of a Story of Recursion When I was a child, one time my dad told me a story about a group of robbers sitting under a blade of grass. The story went something like this: >... Creating Modern Wordpress Themes I started out as a developer building Wordpress websites when I was in my early teens. Since then, I haven't really touched Wordpress for a while,... Building AI Workflows Using Alfred Alfred has long been my launcher of choice, and I have dozens of custom workflows built for it, including lots of internal tools that help me quickly... Building a Plugin System for a React App Examplary is a new tool we're building to help teachers create better tests and exams. One of my philosophies about product development is that the... Changing My Mind on Tech Monopolies When John Oliver did a segment on Last Week Tonight about tech monopolies a few years ago, I was quite hesitant about the "break up big tech"... View all →

What I'm working on

Examplary - Better student assessments with AI. Street Art Cities - The world's largest street art community platform and app. Ministry of Urban Culture - Promoting and supporting youth culture across Europe. Includable - Building tech plaforms for small businesses and developers. Infowijs - Communication tools used by 100s of Dutch schools. Soep - The perfect recipe for social projects to connect communities.