Mike Houben

Put AI to work.Make work better.

I help small businesses bring AI into real workflows: find useful applications, build tools and bring teams along. From the first idea through to reliable operations.

Have it implemented or build it together

Delivery and operations: I do it for you

AI implementation and automation

Use AI where it takes real work off people’s hands: from choosing the right use case to building tools your team understands and can rely on.

  • Find useful applications
  • Build and connect tools
  • Bring people along
  • Keep it reliable
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IT operations, network and administration

Set up and look after servers, networks, containers and access, so your systems simply work.

  • Network and firewall
  • Servers and administration
  • Hosting and compute
  • DevOps implementation
  • Access and single sign-on
  • Monitoring and on-call
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IT security and compliance

Check your security posture and harden systems, without panic and without paper mountains.

  • Security assessment
  • System hardening
  • Backup and recovery
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Coaching: we work together

Infra coaching

Set up CI/CD pipelines, AI workflows and operations so your team understands the process and can maintain it independently.

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • AI workflows and automation
  • Containers and deployment
  • Self-hosting and operations
  • Access and secrets
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Also on offer: Dev coaching

Architecture, code quality and AI in everyday development: work through your project together and make decisions you can explain. For developers, technical leads and small teams who want to build cleaner and argue decisions better.

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Also on offer: Business coaching

For technical freelancers whose business side lags behind their craft. Positioning, pricing and acquisition, without the sales theatre.

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Also on offer: Workshops and training

Hands-on workshops for teams and individuals, on site or remote, with material that gets used afterwards. AI in everyday work, Git, Docker, CI/CD, Linux administration, network and firewall, monitoring, identity and access management, Proxmox.

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Also on offer: Private IT support

Home technology that helps instead of annoys: set up cleanly, explained clearly, ready to use. For private households. Many topics can be handled remotely, on site only when it really makes sense.

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Mike Houben

Who is writing

AI implementation, software development and IT operations

For over 13 years I have connected software, IT operations and the workflows of the people who use them. AI agents are now part of my daily development work: they take on focused tasks, results are reviewed independently and people retain approval. This is how I build tools that take real work off people's hands. I support the whole journey: understand the process, start small, check results, bring employees along and keep the solution reliable.

Tell me what you are building.

A few sentences are enough. I will reply with an honest take on whether and how I can help.

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