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

Force Multipliers Versus Form Factors Whenever people talk about GenAI as the 'next big thing', the lineage of previous 'big things' seems very variable on the speaker. Usually it's... Using Gemini in My Todo Flow Maybe it's taken too long, but I more and more am actually integrating little LLM tools into my daily workflows, other than coding and chat. This... 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... 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. Soep - The perfect recipe for social projects to connect communities. Infowijs - Communication tools used by 100s of Dutch schools. Ministry of Urban Culture - Promoting and supporting youth culture across Europe. Includable - Building tech plaforms for small businesses and developers. NearSt - Making products visible online to get more in-store customers.