My name is Pieter Bakker. IT consultant and entrepreneur based in Antwerp, Belgium. For over 25 years I’ve been building, securing and managing technology for businesses. I run multiple ventures, write about what I learn and believe that technology should serve the business, never the other way around.
25 years in technology
I got into IT in the late nineties and never left. What started with curiosity quickly turned into a career that has taken me from the server room to the boardroom and back again. I’ve held roles in operations, marketing and sales. I’ve co-founded companies, managed teams and spent more late nights troubleshooting production systems than I can count.
Somewhere along the way I discovered open source and it changed how I think about technology entirely. Not just as a technical choice, but as a philosophy: transparency, independence and the freedom to build things on your own terms. That conviction runs through everything I do today.
Through Innoframe, I help mainly European businesses design, build and manage IT environments based on open source and open standards. From infrastructure and cybersecurity to business applications and disaster recovery. No vendor lock-in, no hidden agendas, no black boxes. The client owns everything.
What drives me
I’m curious by nature. Always have been. I need to understand how things work, whether that’s a Linux kernel, a business model, or the human body. I read constantly, test things obsessively and get restless when I’m not learning something new.
That curiosity doesn’t stop at technology. I’m a true gym rat who trains at least four times a week. I care about nutrition, clean food, longevity and building a body and mind that can keep up with an ambitious life. I’ve written about health and fitness topics at maximizeyour.life, covering everything from supplements and training to mindset and recovery.
I’m also a (tech) stock investor with a keen interest in AI, semiconductors and the companies building the infrastructure behind the next decade of innovation. I follow markets closely and enjoy the discipline of forming independent views based on research rather than noise.
Geopolitics, energy, digital sovereignty, freedom, independence: these aren’t just abstract topics to me. They shape how I think about business, technology and the world my children will navigate. I believe in staying informed, thinking critically and making decisions based on substance rather than trends.
The blog
The blog on this site started as a personal reference: notes on what I built, how I configured it and what went wrong along the way. Over the years it has grown into something much bigger. With 70+ deep technical articles covering Linux infrastructure, mail servers, cybersecurity, containers and open source applications, it has become a genuine resource for the sysadmin community. I intend to keep it that way.
Get in touch
Whether it’s about technology, business, or an idea worth exploring, I’m always open to a good conversation. Drop me a line.