I’m Gijs, a software designer and entrepreneur from Belgium. Currently based in 🇪🇸 Spain. Co-founder of Prezly, where we are building tools to make it easy to build fans through great content.
On this blog I write about product management, company culture, tech topics and lately sometimes about my personal life.
May 20, 2026
A few weeks ago, I made fun of a colleague. He told me he had been listening to AI-generated podcast summaries, and I gave him the kind of look you give someone who says they prefer airport sushi. Not sure what i said exactly but it was something like 'Now that is where i draw the line!'.
July 22, 2024
As a responsible consumer, If you want to buy a product or service, where do you do your research? You might ask your friends and family, or check TikTok and Twitter. However, if you're like the majority of people, you'll likely look to a search engine first.
February 26, 2024
It’s no shock to anyone that we’re in the age of subscriptions. Our entire world has been Netflixified, with every service wanting a piece of the action. The average person in 2020 had a baffling twelve subscriptions each, with this number only continuing to rise.
February 1, 2024
When print media started making the move to digital, newspapers were cautiously optimistic. The transition was inevitable as the internet became ubiquitous. It’s not like the newspapers could simply opt out of digitising. And who knows, maybe hosting the news online could prove to be a lucrative new revenue stream for the already thin-margined print media industry. Right?