Last week, I open-sourced Hatrick. Hatrick is an opinionated installer designed to get .net developers up and running on default Fedora Workstation in no time. This is a personal project I share with the community to encourage contributions and promote Linux and the open-source philosophy to the wider .net community. If you are not alr...

In a world where a line of code once held immense value, it seems to be reduced to almost nothing today. Yet, the coherence of those lines, the solutions we build for clients, still matters. The value of code is mostly and foremost in what surrounds it, not in the lines themselves. This is my main takeaway after attending Umbraco's Cod...

Last month, I wrote about my search for joy in a new world of programming. I realized this month: I’d fallen into the trap of treating my own work too much as producing code, fixing bugs, and assembling commoditized software. But that’s not what I advise others to do, so why am I assessing myself like that then? It's like treating a ca...

Let's be clear: the art of software design is not about writing code. It never was, and it never will be. The art lies in the process of thinking, the puzzle of fitting pieces together, and analysing the real problem behind what you try to fix. These aspects are not going to change with AI. But for me, it feels the joy does. Here's the...

The CMS landscape has matured. We (the developers) beat the game. We made it to the end boss level. Now it’s up to others to configure these systems and use their maturity for their use-cases. What was once a playground for custom development (everyone created their own in the 2000's) became a mature space for framework developers and ...

For the first time in decades, my development machine feels truly new. Fresh, fast, and aligned with my needs. Windows served me well for over three decades, but I asked myself, does it fit my requirements for performance, independence and privacy today? Inspired by projects like Omakub and Omarchy, which redefine what Linux can look a...

Recent global events and regulatory shifts may have left you with questions about your digital infrastructure. Rest assured, you are not alone on this. I am happy at Growcreate; we can say that our most important products and services ensure transparency, flexibility, and alignment with European values. The CMS system we all love so mu...

Technology moves fast. So do we. This blog is about the why and how behind my everyday work. A look behind the code repos, brainstorm sessions and thoughts I have. It's also a commitment to sharing the raw, unfiltered process of building tech, not just what we ship, but how we think, enhance and evolve. Last year, I stepped into a new ...