Home Blog Photos Books About
Machiel Reyneke

Machiel Reyneke

Fire engineer turned product manager. I build tools for myself and write about what I learn.

Currently

Leading growth at 10X Investments. Building out Slate. Writing with Claude about whatever I find interesting.

Writing

The Circle Packing Problem For a Watertight Nuclear Strategy The numbers don't add up. But I've been preparing anyway. Our Real Plan A field guide for the newly liberated. Big Boys A poem about fatherhood, time, and what matters.
View all posts →

Photos

Miscellaneous, March–April 2026 View all albums →

Projects

Tools I've built for myself — not startups, just solutions to my own problems.

Slate

Todo app for ADHD brains

Graph-based task relationships, daily resets, no guilt. Built with Claude Code in three weeks.

Runistry

Analytics for Garmin runners

Because the default dashboards aren't enough.

Commander's Intent

AI-powered daily briefing

Aggregates emails and calendar, synthesizes into actionable morning insights.

Eskom Dashboards

Load shedding visualized

Because checking schedules wasn't painful enough in 2023.