Novruz
Software engineer
from Türkiye 🇹🇷
Wouter looks like the nice kid you knew at high school. But boy oh boy, when it comes to problem-solving, this developer is like a pitbull on steroids.
It must have been that world trip he made, which cleared his mind to the extent he can now fully sink his shiny teeth into fixing unsolvable bugs and automatic testing. If he applied himself as much to playing his ukelele, his girlfriend wouldn't have to listen to that one song all the time. And no, we're not talking ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’.
If you were a dictator, what would be the first thing you made illegal?
Pizza with pineapple (Pizza Hawaii).
Is there one thing you find especially motivating in your work, more than anything else?
Learning new stuff is the main thing that keeps me going and having fun. I'm also motivated by getting stuff shipped, positive feedback, constructive discussion, variety in the things we have to do, seeing quality improve, good teamwork, and so on.
Articles by Wouter
Residuality Theory: a different way to think about architecture
Most architecture methods try to predict which failures will hit. Residuality Theory does the opposite: it throws random stressors at a design and keeps whatever survives. The randomness is the point, because resilience that depends on predicting the future is not resilience at all.
Parallelise yourself with Git worktrees
The claude -w flag spins up an isolated git worktree in seconds, so you can keep coding while a long-running task occupies your main session. No conflicts, no context pollution, no waiting.
Some of Wouter's colleagues
Jeffrey
Software engineer
from South Africa 🇿🇦
Peter
Software engineer
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Emma
Software engineer
from France 🇫🇷
Stef
Software engineer
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Tim
COO
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Bram
Software engineer
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Charlotte
Software engineer
from South Africa 🇿🇦
Luc
Software engineer
from Belgium 🇧🇪
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