Hey I'm Michiel and I'm the CTO at Firmhouse.

Latest

Nov
04

Dealing with "the big client" as customer-funded business

What is being customer-funded and how do we deal with prioritizing "the big client" over regular ones.
3 min read
Nov
03

The state of testing at Firmhouse and what to improve

We're big on automated testing at Firmhouse. An overview of what we use and what we can improve.
2 min read
Nov
03

A model for scaling technical content and documentation

A scalable content production approach by using raw forum posts as source for polished documentation content.
2 min read
Nov
01

Strategy doesn't happen in tickets

We fully switched to using Linear for development. The only thing I have a big beef with is that suddenly everything becomes a ticket. And it's very easy to fall into the trap that you start using Linear for more than it's suited for. Especially because tickets aren't suitable for strategic work.
2 min read
Dec
08

My take on NFTs: expensive JPEGs and so much more

This is a blog post of various thoughts notes from the past few weeks when diving into NFTs.
6 min read
Dec
03

I have a new side-project and it's called ClubCard

Have fun following me along!
Nov
29

Rails 6, TailwindCSS, TailwindUI, and Stimulus New App Guide (November 2020)

Get started quickly a new Rails 6 app with TailwindCSS, Stimulus included. Follow these instructions and commands.
3 min read
Sep
23

New book: Demand-Side Sales by Bob Moesta

This book is about just that: Selling products without doing "sales".
1 min read
Sep
10

Our deployment strategy for on-premise customers (in China)

Last year (2019), one of our customers asked if it was possible to run our full recurring commerce platform to sell product subscriptions in China. Hosting something in China is not as straightforward as hosting something for the rest of the world. This article explains how we got it done.
7 min read
Jul
24

Remove flickering flash messages on Turbolinks

If you're using Turbolinks, and flash messages in your Rails app, then this might come in handy. You might have
1 min read