Joris Wenting · Freelance · Agentic Development Mentor
AI architect and full-stack developer with 20+ years of experience. I help organisations adopt AI coding agents full circle, from the first prompt to production, with deployment, version management, safety, quality assurance and hygienic repository rules built in.
The new role
AI coding agents change how software gets made. They write, refactor, test and ship at a pace no team has worked at before, and they amplify whatever they find. A messy repository and unclear habits get messier, faster. My role is to mentor both sides of that equation: the people, and the code they work in.
Seeing the whole: from the first idea to the running product, from interface to infrastructure, and the loop that brings what we learn back to the start.
Making shipping calm and routine, so change becomes something a team does every day without holding its breath.
Keeping the story of a codebase readable, so every change, from a person or an agent, can be understood, traced and undone.
Giving agents room to work while keeping people in charge: clear boundaries, trust that is earned, and care for what matters most.
Making quality a shared habit rather than a final gate, so speed and confidence can grow together.
Tending a codebase like a garden: small, regular care that keeps it healthy for everyone who works in it, people and agents alike.
Who I am
“Rational and contemplative, and really a romantic.”
I am a creative technologist. I started out in music and technology, automating recording studios and writing music for commercials, television and events, and found my way into software from there. For more than twenty years I have built and led software as a full-stack developer, architect, project manager and team lead, for agencies, scale-ups, research institutes and international platforms.
Today my work centres on agentic development. I mentor teams and their codebases as they learn to work with AI coding agents, and I keep the whole picture in view while doing it: from the first specification to deployment, with version management, safety, quality assurance and good repository hygiene woven into everyday work. Alongside that, I design AI architectures, build intelligent workflows for development teams and create agentic systems that take routine work off people's hands.
What I bring is a pragmatic view. New technology only creates value when it fits the people, the codebase and the business it is meant to serve, and helping those three come together is what I enjoy most. Colleagues and clients tend to describe me as:
I am at my best where ideas turn into something that works: making a promising technology a calm, reliable part of how a team builds. My roots in full-stack development, serverless architectures and real-time systems give me a solid base for that, and I still love to build things myself.
Away from the screen I make music and drawings. I love long-distance walks and being outdoors, by the sea or in the mountains. I am rational and contemplative, and, quite honestly, also a romantic.
What I do
Hands-on building and strategic guidance, with AI and agents at the core.
Building software with AI coding agents as first-class team members, from specification to merged pull request
Designing and implementing scalable AI solutions with modern LLMs and frameworks
Integrating AI tools into your team's development process for enhanced productivity
Building optimized context systems for AI agents to understand your business
Transforming business processes with autonomous AI agents that streamline operations
Modern web applications with Vue, TypeScript, and serverless architectures
Strategic guidance on architecture, team processes, and technology adoption
The road so far
From music technology to agentic software. A long walk, with every step building on the last.
2023 - 2026
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2007 - 2010
Projects amongst: Content Management Website based on the Wordpress engine for Arnold & Siedsma Patent bureau. Arnold + Siedsma is specialist in the legal protection of intellectual property: www.arnold-siedsma.nl. Content Management Website based on the Wordpress engine for Neotopia Interim Management. Neotopia is a company that provides management solutions for the ICT branch: www.neotopia.nl
1996 - 2006
In the period up until 2009 I worked in the music industry, after my study in Music and Technology I mainly worked as a consultant, where my expertise was to automate the studio environment. This I combined with writing music on commission for commercials, TV programs and events. In this period I also worked as a teacher in the different aspects of music production.
Get in touch
Ready to bring your team and your codebase into agentic development? Let's talk.
c.p. Joris Wenting
The Hague | The Netherlands
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