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Jordy van Vorselen

Senior Software Engineer passionate about building scalable, maintainable software solutions. Always eager to tackle new challenges and collaborate with amazing teams.

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More Than Bits

Thoughts, tutorials, and deep dives into software engineering, architecture, and modern development practices.

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Why your team gets slower every time a senior leaves

September 24, 2026

Why your team gets slower every time a senior leaves

Their workflow left with them. Here’s how to keep it.

Engineering LeadershipDeveloper ToolsAI Native EngineeringDeveloper Experience

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Agents don’t care about your instructions

August 22, 2026

Agents don’t care about your instructions

Your agent ignores CLAUDE.md. Here's what it can't ignore.

CodingSoftware EngineeringDeveloper Tools

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Migrate Contentful to PayloadCMS with a single prompt

February 10, 2026

Migrate Contentful to PayloadCMS with a single prompt

A battle-tested AI agent prompt that migrates your blog from Contentful to PayloadCMS — no 47-step tutorial required.

AIMigrationPayloadCMS+2 more

Factories: Clean Test Data Without the Pain

Factories: Clean Test Data Without the Pain

Tired of brittle test setups and copy-pasted builders? Learn how to manage unit test data with maintainable, flexible factories. This guide walks...

Best PracticesSoftware EngineeringAbstractions

The Copy-Paste Mindset

The Copy-Paste Mindset

Creating a bordered box around your own knowledge is ruining your potential. Screw job titles, we engineers are here to help our customers by...

Best PracticesSoftware EngineeringMindset

Do Repeat Yourself

January 12, 2024

Do Repeat Yourself

The DRY principle guides software engineers, but some cases benefit from repetition. This post explores when DRY should be broken.

AbstractionsSoftware ArchitectureCore Principles

The bug that eluded me for years

November 15, 2023

The bug that eluded me for years

During a multi-year project there was a bug that kept popping up, but we could not find the culprit. We traced it back to a single class but could...

Software EngineeringBugsDebugging+1 more

Stop arguing about code style

November 8, 2023

Stop arguing about code style

As software engineers we all have our own opinions on how our code should look. But having discussions about code style at every pull request...

Best PracticesSoftware EngineeringCode Style+1 more

Using java-dataloader to fix N+1 queries in a GraphQL API

November 1, 2023

Using java-dataloader to fix N+1 queries in a GraphQL API

This post will help you understand the N+1 query problem in a GraphQL API and show you how to use java-dataloader to fix it. By using batch...

JavaSpring BootSQL+5 more

How to fix silenced push notifications on Android

How to fix silenced push notifications on Android

When working on an application that notifies users in the case of an evacuation, my team and I encountered an interesting bug. Other developers...

Push NotificationsNotification channelAndroid+3 more