TerraNovita
Software consultancy
I work hands-on, as a staff-level full-stack engineer inside your team. I work test-first. Changes are peer reviewed with a combination of AI and human oversight, and I measure what the work costs.
Project work
Projects with an educational or social purpose appeal to me most.
How I work
Changes are peer reviewed with a combination of AI and human oversight, and I measure what the work costs. Good tests, but proportional to the work. I join your team and build with it, so the knowledge stays in-house when the assignment ends.
Coding agents work test-first. An agent that did not write a change reviews it, and a person signs off. Guardrails limit what agents can reach, and the cost of every change is measured.
Mainly Claude Code; GitHub Copilot and Mistral Vibe regularly
TDD and BDD, Gherkin with Cucumber, end-to-end tests with Playwright and Cypress.
JUnit 5, Mockito, AssertJ, Spock, Cucumber-JVM
Domain-driven design, CQRS, contract-first APIs, service-oriented architecture, REST and microservices.
TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, Python, Vue, Angular, React, Ionic, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS, Google Cloud
Team lead, mentoring, incident and support processes, CI/CD, and behavioural design and gamification.
For more than ten years I have mentored engineers in test-driven development, domain-driven design and, more recently, working with AI coding agents.
I stay sharp and up to date with the most recent technologies via my own project work. That experience feeds directly into the value I can bring to my consultancy clients. Select a card to read about it.
We rebuilt the product from the ground up as a SaaS platform that lets B2B customers add embedded finance features to their own applications. I helped define the team's AI-assisted development.
JavaScript, Node.js, Vue, Ionic, Google Cloud, Gemini, Claude Code
An all-in SaaS to run and manage care homes for the elderly. As team lead and developer I helped the team harden the product during its scale-up.
TypeScript, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, Angular
We worked towards safely sharing KYC information through blockchain technology. When turnover rose, I stepped up as team lead to stabilise the team.
Spring Boot, React, SOA, REST
I revised the incident support flow for more than 60 applications, and improved problem pickup and resolution by more than 300%.
Spring Boot, Java, Angular, AEM, CQRS, Jenkins
I helped build the online learning platforms Diddit and Bingel, which are used in 8 out of 10 schools in Flanders.
Java 8, RxJava, Vert.x, MongoDB, Groovy, Spock, AngularJS
At Medialaan, in a team, I built high-performance Node.js services for full-length TV episodes. At VRT I was lead Drupal developer for the Eén website, named Site of the Year 2009 in the Television category.
Node.js, Mocha, Drupal
I have built games and apps for as long as I can remember. I use behavioural design and gamification to make software more engaging. I was an early adopter of virtual and augmented reality, and I see them as useful tools for training and data visualisation.
A small online role-playing game with a strong focus on community. The community ran the game for the community, for 12 years.
Macromedia Director, a Java server
A virtual reality arcade game. You steer a shield by where you look, and the enemy can bounce your attacks back at you.
Unity, C#, Oculus, Gear VR, Vive
A free iOS and Android game, made to support a young girl and her family through her cancer treatment.
Unity, C#, Node.js
A wedding invitation as a game. The couple star in a platform action game, and friends and family compete for the highest score.
Unity, C#, Drupal
A small online role-playing game with a strong focus on community, inspired by games such as Zelda and Final Fantasy. The community ran the game for the community, as an experiment in how players of all ages can make game content together. The servers went off in 2014, after 12 years.
Macromedia Director, a Java server
A wedding invitation as a game. The couple star in a platform action game, and friends and family compete for the highest score.
Unity, C#, Drupal
A virtual reality arcade game. You steer a shield by where you look, collect coloured resources to charge your abilities and attack, while the enemy can bounce your attacks back at you.
Unity, C#, Oculus, Gear VR, Vive
A free iOS and Android game, made to support a young girl and her family through her cancer treatment. Players are invited to donate to the children's cancer fund.
Unity, C#, Node.js
I was lead Drupal developer for the Eén website, which was named Site of the Year 2009 in the Television category and came third overall. I also worked on the Ketnet website.
In a team, I built and maintained high-performance Node.js services that let viewers watch full-length TV episodes on the client's website.
Node.js, Mocha, Should
As a full-stack developer I helped build the online learning platforms Diddit and Bingel, which are used in 8 out of 10 schools in Flanders. I added gamification to improve the engagement of more than 280,000 students.
Java 8, RxJava, Vert.x, MongoDB, Groovy, Spock, AngularJS, REST, DDD
I revised the incident support flow for more than 60 applications, some with over 1.2 million monthly unique visitors, and improved problem pickup and resolution by more than 300%. I mentored a group of over 80 developers to share technical and domain knowledge.
Spring Boot, Java, Angular, AEM, CQRS, Jenkins
We worked towards safely sharing KYC information through blockchain technology. I built a front end that bridged the gap between technical and functional test profiles. When turnover rose, I stepped up as team lead to stabilise the team and improve its motivation.
Spring Boot, React, SOA, REST
An all-in SaaS to run and manage care homes for the elderly. I helped the team harden the product during its scale-up, and introduced Gherkin and Cucumber for quality control.
TypeScript, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB single-table design, Angular
We rebuilt the product from the ground up as Auric, a SaaS platform that lets B2B customers add embedded finance features to their own applications. I helped define the team's AI-assisted development: coding agents work test-first, and changes are peer reviewed by AI and people together.
JavaScript, Node.js, Vue, Ionic, Google Cloud, Gemini, Claude Code