Gliding
The one thing I do that has no version control and no way to ship it faster. I'd like to keep it that way.
Hi, I'm Jelle.
I write software for a living — iOS apps in Swift, web products in Rails or Next.js — and I fly gliders for no good reason at all.
The flying has nothing to do with the work, which is exactly why I need it. A few hours with no engine and no deadline, reading the air, and the code problems usually sort themselves out by Monday.
Skills
03
05
Infrastructure
Career
Freelance
- 2026 → nu
itsme
Senior iOS on Belgium's digital identity app; leading the mobile team since 2024, still hands-on in the code.
- 2012 → nu
Fousa
The home for the client work in this log — running alongside the years in employment since 2012.
Employed
- 2021 → 2022
AVIOBOOK
iOS work for a company that builds software for the aviation industry.
- 2014 → 2021
icapps
Seven years here — most of the icapps-era work in the log started in this stretch.
- 2010 → 2014
10to1
Where I picked up iOS, next to the Rails I already did. The start of the mobile half of the story.
- 2009 → 2010
Belighted
My move out of enterprise Java into the Rails world.
- 2005 → 2009
KBC Group
Batch jobs for the accounting system, then web apps for the insurance branches. The enterprise years, before things got lighter.
Education
- 2005
Telindus
Afstudeerstage · testlabo's voor IPv6
- 2002 → 2005
Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
Bachelor Toegepaste Informatica
- 1996 → 2002
Heilig Hart-College Tervuren
Middelbaar · Moderne Talen–Wetenschappen
Beyond code
Cycling
Long rides with no real destination. I point the bike at something and come back a few hours later.
Climbing
Bouldering, mostly indoors. The occasional real rock when the weather holds.