👋🏻 Hi and welcome to my corner of the internet! I love to connect the dots on different topics that interest me. Please find some of those below 😁.
- 🚀 Open Accelerator building Tech Tribes
- 🤝 eager to collaborate on open-source to keep technology open, sovereign, and human-friendly.
- 😅 Curently working on Private AI & Digital Sovereignty
- 🧑💻 Nerd, lazy runner 🏃♂️ and brewing beer 🍻 for charity
- 📬 Reach me on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/kapej.com) or github (https://github.com/kapej42)
- 🪐 Liking Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Writing
Shaping the future on our own terms: accelerating sovereign with open source
A reflection on how open source evolved from rebellion to strategy for sovereignty. A story about independence, collaboration, and shaping the future with ourselves and our clients on our own terms.
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Private AI
The AI revolution is here, but so is the growing concern about data sovereignty and reliance on big tech. Private AI, deployed within your own data center, offers a powerful alternative: the ability to harness AI's potential while maintaining complete control over your data and models. This post explores how this approach empowers organizations to build safe, secure, and truly independent AI solutions.
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
It was an honor to be at Red Hat One in Las Vegas. An event that truly reflects the way IT should be, in our view. This is what we at Tech Tribes have believed in for the past 10 years, and we are committed to continuing this journey for the next 10. Back then, it was Kubernetes. Today, it is AI. And tomorrow? If anything, it will still be open source. Meeting the Red Hat community in real life was a pleasure. The people make the difference. The purpose is clear, the ambitions are massive.
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Open source: more than just fun
Open source is more than just technology, it’s about collaboration, transparency, and having fun while making an impact. From AI sovereignty to breaking down silos, this blog explores how openness drives innovation, fosters community, and keeps us motivated. Because if it isn’t fun, it isn’t working!
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Platform engineering and the "Dutch approach"
The key to successful platform engineering lies in balancing bottom-up innovation with top-down structure, empowering creativity while ensuring scalability and alignment.
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Caffè Sospeso
In Naples, there has long been a tradition known as the caffè sospeso: coffee in waiting. When you order one coffee, you can pay for two cups. The second cup, the sospeso, can then be enjoyed later in the day by a Neapolitan who cannot afford a cup of coffee.
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Projects
Creating a bright community
As soon as we discovered that one of the oldest buildings in our small city that was in dire need of renovation, we decided to go for it. We believed it would be a wonderful idea to establish a place for visitors right in the heart of our city and connected it to the social enterprise "Stadsbrouwerij Sneek".
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Speeding up digital service in public sector
Mobile app delivery changed the way we could do business with the government. Together with a team (the App Competence Centers) we litterally created a disruptive bypass.
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