Hi, I'm Thomas.

I build companies and tools to support small businesses and educators.

Alongside my work at NearSt, I consult founders and engineers on everything from setting up their first business to designing technology platforms.

Recent writings

Tags - From UX to ImplementationRecently, I've become a really massive fan of tags and attributes as ways of allowing users on the platforms I build to structure data.My Second Day on the California ZephyrI woke up at around 6am after my first night's sleep on the train. It took me a few hours to get to sleep, but once my body was used to…My First Day on the California ZephyrOur train left Emeryville (just outside San Francisco, a 15 minute Uber from my hotel) a few minutes late. The train attendant, Mike, that…Upgrading Your AWS Lambdas to Node 20The Node 16 runtime on Lambda will be deprecated in June.Showing a Manage Subscriptions Button in React NativeIf you implement in-app purchases in your app, you might want to show users a way to manage that subscription by showing links to the App…View all →

What I'm working on

NearSt - Making products visible online to get more in-store customers.Street Art Cities - The world's largest street art community platform and app.Infowijs - Communication tools used by 100s of Dutch schools.Ministry of Urban Culture - Promoting and supporting youth culture across Europe.