Roy Tomeij
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Chief Customer Officer & Co-Founder at @AppSignal. Stroopwafel connoisseur.
The Netherlands
Joined September 2007
RT @AppSignal: We're excited to officially launch our OpenTelemetry instrumentation! đ.
blog.appsignal.com
We're proud to launch OpenTelemetry. Learn how to use AppSignal's monitoring and observability toolkit to level up your app's performance.
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I canât read every rĂ©sumĂ©. Whether I read yours is based on the answer to a single question. Itâs.the cheat code. Itâs the high-leverage moment where 98% of people quietly disqualify themselves.
roy.io
I can't read every rĂ©sumĂ©. Whether I read yours is based on the answer to the question that's our equivalent of a cover letter: âWhy do you want to work at AppSignal?â Thatâs the cheat code. It's...
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"Why do you want to work at AppSignal?". The answer to this question is the cheat code that can move you to the top of the pile. I'm pulling a somewhat random number, but out of a thousand applicants, no more than 2% recognize this.
linkedin.com
The below resonates with me strongly. At AppSignal, we may see over 1,000 people apply for a single job opening. We don't ask for a traditional cover letter, but instead ask applicants: "Why do you...
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Dutch word of the day: âbestuurdersaansprakelijkheidsverzekeringâ.
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Come join my Customer Success team at @AppSignal! đ„ł.
Come join our team! We're looking for a thoughtful, proactive Customer Support Specialist to provide a smooth and positive experience for AppSignalâs customers.
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Bootstrapping Was My Identity. Then We Raised a Round. đ”âđ«.
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As you probably know by now, AppSignal, the company I co-founded, raised $22 million in a Series A not too long ago. Overnight, I was no longer the bootstrapper I had proudly identified as since...
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Do I Have a Boss for the First Time Ever? (Iâm 44âŠ).
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A few days ago, I asked if anyone had questions about AppSignal's recent funding round. Lahiru Himesh Madusanka responded: âDo you feel more pressure now that youâve raised capital from external...
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Why a Dutch Company Raised $22M in the US Instead of the EU.
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A few days ago, I asked if anyone had questions about AppSignal's recent funding round. Stanislav Katkov responded: âHave you considered raising from EU investors? Did you have to incorporate in...
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I'm doing sort of an AMA on "whatever you wanted to know about (how it feels) raising funding, and why" on LinkedIn, but will take questions here, too :)
linkedin.com
đđ»ââïž Yesterday, we announced that AppSignal closed a $22M round of funding. The whole thing took well over half a year to pull off, in stealth mode, while also running the business. While I canât...
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Running a bootstrapped company in a highly competitive market meant generating enough operating income to stay profitable, but not enough to challenge the status quo. Thatâs about to change⊠đ.
AppSignal closes a $22 million growth investment led by Elsewhere Partners, enabling us to take AppSignal to the next level:
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Asking AI to make an image of a toy version of yourself + accessories is one thing, making a physical version is something else. This guy does it (and I love his energy):.
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Alright, I need to go to The Devonshire in Soho, London. The place and food look absolutely amazing:
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I'm covering a bit of Customer Success today, and I love that we created a place where the below is an acceptable reply đ
. "Yes, you should be all good! If "the system" keeps bugging you, please let me know so we can use some blunt tools to try to make it behave better.".
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It's crazy how a corporation like Disney â not shy of copyright infringement lawsuits themselves â uses a CC-licensed 3D model to sell as a physical souvenir at their parks, ignoring the CC license đ€Ż Too big to get sued, and they know it.
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My wife and I bought each other tickets for Maria Mena's concert in Utrecht, NL, tonight. Double surprise! So now we have two tickets left over. Anyone who'd like to go tonight? Pay it forward later.
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Found my (very old) bulletproof vest while cleaning out the attic. Uncomfortably hot to wear in a club, and fortunately never really needed it. I threw it away, but not the memories of âthe good old days.â đ.
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So, best iOS app with proper Apple Watch support for tracking runs?. Extra points for training plans and tracking walks and other activities. I used to use RunKeeper until they shittified their Watch app, Nike Run Club since, but open to suggestions. Paid is no problem.
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âWe donât want to pay âŹX for APM; thatâs more than Y% of our hosting costs!â. Could be. Now calculate how much your checkout process not properly working going undetected will cost you. False economy. đž.
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No, Slack on iOS, I donât want to reminded later. There are no VIPs here. Yet, itâs impossible to dismiss this one; you either have to use the feature, or choose to be nagged about this again tomorrow. Make it make sense.
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