About Floris
I work as a software developer at De Duurzame Oplossing, on software, AI applications and platforms for sustainability and energy. Alongside that I build software with AI agents. That is how Wantzel came about: it began as a strict, fast compiler for code that AI writes and grew into a studio where AI agents do the work while you watch.
Before I taught machines work, I taught people work: I supervised day programmes and work-based learning. It turns out to be the same question: how do you make a task small and clear enough to succeed?
In From Zero to AI Agents That Do The Work I describe how one person with an empty machine ends up with an organization of agents that has a goal, a budget, limits and a memory, with every number, including what went wrong.
My journey
My work seems to have changed: geographic asset maps, information security, teaching people, business software and now AI agents. But the question underneath stayed the same: how do you make work clear enough to trust?
- 2000Education
- 2004Province
- 2015Trainer
- 2020Coolminds
- 2025BPM Company
- 2026 – nowDe Duurzame OplossingOwn work with AI
- 2000 – 2004
Software Engineering degree
university of applied sciences · graduation project: a mobile geographic information system
I graduated on a mobile geographic information system: linking information to a place, so you can use it on the spot.
Information is useful only when it reaches the right place and the right people.
- 2004 – 2015
Information systems at the province
information management and geo-information · roads, waterways and public space
I built information systems for roads, waterways and public space: systems that last for years, with many users and consequences outside the computer.
A system is only finished when it works in the real process.
- 2013 – 2015
Information Security Officer
province · ethical hacking and hacking forensics
Alongside that work I was Information Security Officer. Ethical hacking and hacking forensics taught me to look for misuse and reconstruct what went wrong.
Reliability also means knowing where things can go wrong.
- 2015 – 2019
Teaching: training and work-based learning
Scauting Talent and codeGorilla · as trainer and coach
I organised and taught work-based learning and web development programmes, for job seekers and people with autism. I learned to make complex work small and clear.
A task succeeds sooner when someone knows where to start.
- 2020 – 2025
Web applications and system integrations
Coolminds · for companies, governments and startups
I built business web applications and connected systems to each other. They had to fit real teams and processes.
Technology gains value when people can use it every day.
- 2025 – 2026
Testing GenAI at Rabobank
BPM Company · for Rabobank
Through BPM Company, I helped teams at Rabobank with GenAI-based software testing.
An AI answer is only useful once you can check it.
- 2026 – now
Software and AI, employed
De Duurzame Oplossing · software developer, sustainability and energy
I build software, AI applications and platforms.
By day I help build software that is needed today.
- alongside my job
My own work with AI agents
the book, Wantzel and Wantzel Studio
In the evenings I use AI to build my own work. The same principles as in today's job, taken a step further.
In the evenings I build what should become possible tomorrow.
Where this route leads
I build systems in which people and agents can work effectively together. Faster, and with clear responsibility and control.
What a day looks like
- by day
Employed
Building, reading, testing, talking. Software for sustainability and energy.
- evenings
Own work
Wantzel, the studio, the book. Setting up jobs for the robots so they can carry on overnight.
- at night
The robots work
I sleep. What I set up in the evening, I check over breakfast.
- a free day
By the water
Trout fishing, and a few quick instructions for the agents.
How I work
In systems
The whole: goal, limits, money and memory.
Measure first
Rather a number than a feeling. Even when the number disappoints.
Make my own tools
If what exists falls short, I build it. That is how Wantzel came about.
Mistakes become lessons
Every mistake gets written down, so next time it goes right.
I used to implement. Now I steer.
That goes for my own work, and more and more for the day job too. The skill shifts from typing it yourself to explaining well what has to happen, and checking whether it is right.