Hello! My name is Thomas Bensmann
and I'm a developer
I’m crazy about two things: technology and people. I’ve spent more than 15 years building websites, leading teams and helping clients find the right technical direction, from hands-on development to hosting, architecture and long-term strategy.
These days I’m open to new opportunities, whether that’s a full-time role or selected consulting engagements. That, and home automation.
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Freelance Services
I work with companies, organisations and agencies that need an experienced technical partner for custom WordPress sites. Whether you need ongoing development, stable hosting, help troubleshooting complex issues or technical input on the right way forward, I focus on solutions that are reliable, maintainable and built to last.
Technical advice and hands-on support for teams that need help with architecture, problem-solving and long-term planning.
Custom WordPress development, integrations and improvements for sites that need more than off-the-shelf solutions.
Managed hosting, maintenance and monitoring for WordPress sites where uptime, security and performance are business-critical.
If you work with WordPress professionally, you almost certainly have a staging environment. Most hosting setups include one, most agencies set one up as a matter of routine. But here…
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When I need to debug a WordPress quickly, I usually reach for this quick command: Let’s take a quick look at what this does. First of all, it will install…
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At the end of 2025 we bought a Dreame robot vacuum, the Dream L50 Ultra. The main reason was that it should handle the door thresholds our Roborock Q Revo…
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Yesterday, during Tesla’s financial reporting, Elon Musk announced that the Model S and Model X will go out of production in Q2 this year, supposedly because they need the capacity…
Read moreIf you recently upgraded to MacOS Sonoma, you might have noticed the caps lock indicator hovering around your input fields. But there is good news, two quick commands is all it takes to get rid of it – you run them in the terminal. Requires reboot for it to take effect.
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add 'redesigned_text_cursor:Enabled' bool false" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plistCode language: Bash (bash)
Introduction Picture this: its freezing outside, and you’re about to head out for the day. Wouldn’t it be great if your car was already warmed up and ready to go?…
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