Hey there
I'm Machiel — product manager, tinkerer, occasional writer. Based in South Africa.
I work at 10X Investments, building investing tools for regular people. Before that: fire engineering, tech startups, and a lot of learning the hard way.
This site is where I put things I've built, things I've learned, and things I'm thinking about.
Projects
Things I've built for myself. Not startups, not products — just tools that solve my own problems.
Slate — A todo app for ADHD brains. Graph-based task relationships, daily resets, no guilt. Built with AI assistance in three weeks.
Runistry — Advanced analytics for Garmin runners. Because the default dashboards aren't enough.
Commander's Intent — AI-powered daily briefing system. Aggregates emails and calendar, synthesizes into actionable morning insights using Claude.
Eskom Dashboards — Visualizing South African load shedding and power generation data. Because checking schedules wasn't painful enough.
Writing
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