Peter
Software engineer
from Belgium 🇧🇪
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
Why DDD is more important than ever
AI made code cheap, so the bottleneck has moved from how to build to what to build. Strategic DDD matters more than ever, whilst tactical patterns like aggregates matter less as AI writes and reads more of the code.
Worktrunk takes the friction out of Git worktrees
Git worktrees let you run agents in parallel, but every new worktree starts cold, fights over ports and leaves junk behind. Worktrunk wraps worktrees in a few simple commands and a hook system, so one config file gives the whole team warm, isolated environments that clean up after themselves.
Read 150+ more articles
Some of Wouter's colleagues
Yannick
Marketing manager
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Stef
Software engineer
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Roduan
Software engineer
from Syria 🇸🇾
Andreas
CEO & Founding Partner
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Alexandros
Software engineer
from South Africa 🇿🇦
Dimitri
Partner
from Belgium 🇧🇪
Emma
Software engineer
from France 🇫🇷
Peter
CTO in residence
from Belgium 🇧🇪
See all our pretty faces