Jeroen Wijdeven

February 19, 2026

How we stay calm in a fast-changing geopolitical world

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 much, Umbraco, is not only European-built, but it's also ISO 27001 certified, like us. .NET Core, the framework we use for development, is open source, ensuring complete alignment with European standards.

Besides that, our R&D and in-house product development are built entirely on technologies such as .NET Core, PostgreSQL, RavenDB, Docker, plain HTML, and open-source JavaScript frameworks. All of which are open-source. And for AI, we actively use European products like Proton Lumo and Mistral. Our in-house-built Greenstack hosting infrastructure is also a very good example. It is ready for deployment on private clouds with Docker and relies entirely on the European hosting infrastructure. And with Backlot, we are moving to that same container-based infrastructure.

By using techniques like this, we have created a foundation with lots of flexibility to move forward in this fast-changing world. Like to know how we can help you read our company blog.

About Jeroen Wijdeven

CTO at Growcreate. With a focus on .NET, Umbraco, Optimizely, sustainable cloud solutions and AI. I build products like Backlot.software and lead with curiosity. I believe the best tech comes from collaboration.