Self-repeating patterns for a life sustaining future

Hi! My name is Hugo, and I'm the one farming the fractals around here. I started out as a multimedia designer and then gradually drifted towards web development / web engineering. And now I'm also gardening, growing a food forest, doing a PDC, learning about ecology, taste testing for our restaurant and fathering 2 wonderful boys.

Notes about building things on the internet. With Romanesco, FoodBrain or just in general. Mostly meant for fellow web designers, developers, open sourcerers and other binary lifeforms.

Work together?

Please contact me if you feel we should be connected, or if you need help with setting up a:

Website or web application
Pattern library / design system
Digital map / presentation
Eco-logical database
More resilient digital infrastructure
Local food / mutual aid network
Permaculture project

I do have one condition: your work should benefit future generations (both human and non-human). Because let's be honest. For most of us, our ecological footprint is nothing to be proud of. But we can't change overnight. It's little steps, every day, that will get us where we need to be: a life sustaining future. If that's also your path, then I'd be honored and happy to help.

With every project, I bring a systems perspective and clear communications to the table. I don't like to waste time, but I do want to dig deep into the problem you're trying to address. Quick fixes and shortcuts are not my way. I want to set up and maintain systems that provide reliable, long lasting benefits.

Yes, that's also another way of saying: don't hire me if you're in a hurry. It takes time create a properly functioning system, whether it's a pattern library for your web application or a permaculture garden. But once the needs and boundaries are defined and the core features implemented; once the water is flowing and the trees are taking root, more beneficial traits and elements will start to emerge.

I see a healthy system as an unstoppable force, each part contributing to a more abundant and resilient whole. A place where desirable outcomes become inevitable.

Don't fix the problem.
Change the system.

Resilient technology Sturdy. Open source. Able to adapt and repurpose.

Local food networks Quality and cooperation over price and competition.

Regenerative farming Healthy soil. Food forests. Permaculture.

The Fractal Forest

Don't fix the problem. Change the system.

Resilient technology Sturdy. Open source. Able to adapt and repurpose.

Local food networks Quality and cooperation over price and competition.

Regenerative farming Healthy soil. Food forests. Permaculture.

The Fractal Forest

Don't fix the problem.
Change the system.