AuthorManaging director8 articles

Bas Leijder Havenstroom

Together with Erik Schoorl, Bas founded ESBL, one of the two companies behind Brainpower Group. He is managing director of ESBL B.V. and the first point of contact for clients.

He talks with clients about who they are looking for, how their team works and what a remote developer needs to contribute from the first week. He also works hands-on in projects and as a fractional CTO.

Role: Managing director
Location: Amsterdam
Languages: Dutch, English
Writes about: Remote teams, Nearshore software development, Scaling tech teams, Client relations, Fractional CTO
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/basleijderhavenstroom

Articles by Bas

Hosting and securityHosting and securityKeeping guests' mobile numbers out of hotel systemsHotels booked through ViaLuxury get a ViaLuxury phone number instead of the guest's mobile. They get the real number only with the booking number and postcode.Bas Leijder Havenstroom4 min read
StacksStacksChoosing a headless CMS that suits your editorsPick a headless CMS for your editors, then for hosting and the price in year three. You can self-host Strapi and Payload; Storyblok is SaaS with a visual editor.Bas Leijder Havenstroom5 min read
Remote teamsRemote teamsGrowing a remote team from one to five developersGrow one developer at a time. With two you need review rules, at three someone has to divide the work, and at four or five you need a lead.Bas Leijder Havenstroom4 min read
Remote teamsRemote teamsHiring in-house or nearshore: what a developer costs per monthA Dutch developer on €5,000 gross costs about €6,240 a month with holiday pay and contributions alone. Through us, a nearshore developer costs from €4,800, all-in.Bas Leijder Havenstroom5 min read
Hosting and securityHosting and securityLessons from Log4Shell, MOVEit, xz utils and SnowflakeLog4Shell, MOVEit and Snowflake had ordinary causes. Know what you run, patch quickly, put MFA on every account and agree clear terms with your suppliers.Bas Leijder Havenstroom4 min read
ArchitectureArchitectureTrends in development platforms and what to do about themAI coding agents are part of daily work, 90 percent of organisations have an internal platform, serverless has matured and Postgres is the default database.Bas Leijder Havenstroom4 min read
ArchitectureArchitectureVercel or self-hosting: which fits your product?For a small Next.js team, Vercel is usually the fastest way to production. Self-hosting in Docker pays off with steady traffic or when you already run servers.Bas Leijder Havenstroom4 min read
Remote teamsRemote teamsWhen a remote team does not work, and what to do insteadA remote team does not work when nobody gives technical direction, nothing is written down or the job only takes two weeks. Fix that first or choose another setup.Bas Leijder Havenstroom4 min read

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