First post in a 3-part build-in-public series: why I built ergy.coach for my own sub-8:00 2k obsession, with an agent that actually remembers.
★ WHO IS THIS GUY ?
Belgian. Software engineer. Raised on dial-up and the dream that you could make a computer do anything if you typed at it long enough. Turns out you mostly can.
I've spent years building the unglamorous machinery behind SaaS products — the parts that have to keep working at 3am while everyone sleeps. I like clean code, fast systems, and shipping things that outlive me.
★ WHAT I'M GOOD AT
Fifteen-ish years of typing at computers, distilled into the things I'd actually put my name on:
AI ENGINEERING
LLM integration, RAG pipelines, agents — wired into real products, not slideware.
FULL-STACK ENG
TypeScript, Node, Bun, React, PostgreSQL. Backend to frontend, I ship things that hold together.
SCALE & INFRA
Docker, Kubernetes, queues, search. The unglamorous machinery that survives the 3am traffic spike.
TECH LEADERSHIP
Architecture calls, scaling decisions, and the kind of judgment you want in the room when it counts.
AUDIT & DUE DILIGENCE
Code reviews, technical due diligence, hiring support. The honest "here's what's actually going on."
CRAFT & MENTORING
TDD, clean architecture, AI-assisted workflows — and leaving the team better than I found it.
★ HIGH SCORES — feats I'm proud of
No continues, no cheat codes. Just things that shipped and held:
18K/sec
1.4Bdocs
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★ THINGS I MAKE
- ErgyNEW
An AI coxswain for indoor rowing — building in public. Plans your training, remembers your sessions, debriefs after every row. I made it because generic chat coaches have amnesia and I want to break 8:00 on the 2k. → ergy.coach · build log
- FollowTheDuck
A waitlist tool for indie hackers and tiny SaaS founders. Made because I needed it and figured someone else might too. → followtheduck.app
- Kannard
A referral-only freelance collective — a flock of people who actually know how the work gets done. Odd name, sharp team, no bullshit. → kannard.org
- OKQ
My software workshop — and yes, this very website. Where the consulting, the experiments, and the half-baked-at-midnight ideas all live under one roof.
★ WHEN I LOG OFF (sort of)
GAMER MODERetro gaming and speedruns. Active Guild Master of a high-performing World of Warcraft guild — 25 people, two nights a week, zero chill.
THE ENGINEEx-triathlete. The legs still work, mostly. Started rowing lately — pretty fun too! Hoping to drag my kid into it one day.
DAD MODEA wife I'd pick again, a husky with main-character energy, and a kid who still thinks I'm the hero. I show up for all three — that's the whole job.
NERD FUELLEAN obsessive — cut the waste, improve the flow, respect the people doing the work. Plus new runtimes, AI-assisted workflows, and any excuse to chase the next shiny thing.
★ THE WEB LOG — dispatches from the desk
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★ DROP ME A LINE
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