Andreas
Creten

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CEO & Founding Partner
from Belgium

Co-founder and honorary member of the positive ADHD movement. He codes, takes decisions, arranges deals and processes his emails faster than a lightning bolt

He seems to have been granted more than 24 hours in one day, but nobody knows just who he bribed for that. If he keeps on doing all those nice things for madewithlove, nobody will be complaining.

If you could go back in history, what event would you love to experience?
Not sure, maybe the first computer to computer communications.

Any favourite quotes?
Work hard, stay positive and get up early. It's the best part of the day. (George Allen, Sr.)

madewithlove software engineers

madewithlove software engineers

About Andreas

Base: Leuven (BE)
Studies: Informatics, PXL Hasselt & Management, VUB Brussel
Passions: skiing, sailing, woodworking, pizza making

Expertises

PHP
Stakeholder Management
Wordpress
Leadership
Product Management

Articles by Andreas

Navigating Corporate Measures with Creativity

Team and leadership

Code quality and design

Discover ingenious ways to navigate frustrating security measures and bypass obstacles. Don't be bound by rigid policies; creativity triumphs over compliance.

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The Compassionate Shift in Tech Language

Team and leadership

Written communication

Evolving language in tech is not just about changing terms; it's about empathy, inclusiveness, and understanding the impact of our words.

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Pulse Episode 13: Jason Fried on Trust, Hiring, and Rehiring

Team and leadership

Andreas talks with Jason Fried, founder of 37signals (Basecamp), about rehiring and trust in the workplace. They discuss the "trust battery," representing trust levels and its fluctuations. Jason emphasizes enthusiasm and fit in hiring, and they explore rehiring former employees and role dynamics.

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Busting the Rebuild Bias

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How to run a good all-hands meeting

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The Importance of Small Details for Diversity and Inclusion

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Why you should code your infrastructure

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Taking PHP Seriously

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Why is operational documentation more important than you think

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A story on remote audits

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Why exit interviews are valuable

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Pulse: Episode 10 – Employee lifetime value with Leslie Carr

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Logging non-Laravel queries to Telescope

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Ten years of testing htaccess rewrite rules

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Smooth Sailing

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Ask Me Anything with our CEO on working remote (from home)

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Does code need to be perfect?

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My first day at madewithlove and a strange white box

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Why is everybody wearing headphones?

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Remote versus offshoring in software development

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madewithlove retreat in Girona

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JSday Maceio 2015 recap

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Using illuminate/config v5 outside of Laravel

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Learn hard, play hard #PHPBenelux2015

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WP-CLI: WordPress Command Line Tools

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Updated htaccess tester: referrer support

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Simple htaccess tester

Some of Andreas's colleagues

Emma

Software Engineer
from France

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Picture of Emma Fabre

Jonas

CTO in residence
from Belgium

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Picture of Jonas Van Schoote

Bram

Software Engineer
from Belgium

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Picture of Bram Devries

Jonas

Software Engineer
from Belgium

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Picture of Jonas Drieghe

Michał

Software Engineer
from Poland

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Picture of Michał Karnicki

Marcelo

Software Engineer
from Brazil

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Picture of Marcelo Lipienski

Mike

Engineering Manager
from Belgium

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Picture of Mike Veerman

Dimitri

Partner
from Belgium

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Picture of Dimitri Roose

Luc

Software Engineer
from Belgium

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Picture of Luc Wollants

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