For 21+ years I've helped tech teams turn developer & customer intelligence into product strategy, grounded in cognitive psychology and a habit of testing my assumptions. I help build communities, and the teams that run them.
My most satisfying accomplishment of the day is that I sprayed a small amount of WD40 into a noisy fan which completely took care of the noise.
How is your day going? 😅
Welcome to level 2. You have unlocked the following new atproto builds:
- Stravatproto
- Obsidiansky
- ATrello
- Photosphere
- iCalAT
- atmos.crm
- Splitwise Blue
- @barazo.forum with gated subforums
- Subscriptions that work regardless of the app you use to consume it
- ...?
Adding multilanguage support to atproto records is probably something that has been discussed before right...?
What was the outcome? Not happening? Impossible? Some convention to make it work...?
Are you living in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 and working on/with atproto things?
LMK and I'll add you to the DutchProto group and you'll be the first to know about upcoming meetups!
Note that you don't need to be able to speak Dutch BTW, English or Dunglish will do 😅
Had a lot of fun this weekend with the kids, two game controllers, a raspberry pi 4 and Batocera. Much nicer experience than with RetroPie (not that that was bad!)
I lean on two things that don't always sit together: a cognitive-psychology read on how developers and customers actually behave, and an experimentation
habit (those 500+ A/B tests at Randstad & JDE) to check what works instead of guessing. I'm
still learning, mostly in the open.
Cognitive psychology
Why developers and customers actually behave the way they do.
Business experimentation
500+ A/B tests at Randstad & JDE. Measure what matters, prove what works.
Community building
Helped grow the Joomla!, Magento, CRO.CAFE and Spryker communities.
(AI) automation
Reliable AI workflows and local-first tooling that earns its keep.
Guido has a rare ability to translate community insights into tangible business intelligence, and to bring the business closer to the community.
Svitlana Kulynych Head of Learning Experience, Spryker · worked with me at Spryker
Recommendation excerpts written by colleagues on LinkedIn
"Guido is a thought leader in community building and developer relations. Any company serious about building an ecosystem should talk to him."
"He is a brilliant presenter, a natural connector, and a trusted advisor who understands both the human and business dimensions of digital commerce. His empathy, humor, and communication skills make him uniquely effective at engaging with people on every level, from developers to executives."
"With a small, high-performing team, Guido created a developer and customer community from scratch and turned it into a real asset for the business."
"I'm amazed at how quickly he adopts new technologies. For example, he rapidly mastered cutting-edge topics like Agentic Development, Vibe Coding, and workflow automation. Bringing this to Spryker resulted in higher efficiency and quicker improvements, lowering our TCO."
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