Hi, I'm Ivo.
Full-stack developer since 2010. The WooCommerce subscription store I built in 2018 has cleared seven figures lifetime; the Laravel platform from 2020 serves around 5,000 students today. I work with WordPress, Bricks Builder, and Laravel — for clients who want a senior dev in the room, not an agency layer.
Background
I write here about what I learn along the way — WordPress under the hood, Bricks Builder internals, Kirby, design, freelancing, and whatever new tech catches my attention.
A short history
- 2010 First developer job, Java
- 2013 Moved to PHP and WordPress
- 2017 Went full-time freelance
- 2018 Shipped first subscription WooCommerce
- 2020 First Laravel app — a learning platform
- 2023 Started building with Bricks Builder
- 2024 Top Rated freelancer on Upwork
- 2025 Took two summer months off; came back with n8n in the workflow
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What I'm up to right now
May 2026 — Finishing a WooCommerce subscription platform for a US e-learning client, writing here weekly, and exploring how AI changes the way I ship work. Available for new projects starting June. The fastest path in is dropping me an email or booking a call.