Jaap de Goeij, cloud consultant and technology officer
Finding where cloud engineering goes next. Building the team that delivers it.
I work at BBTG (opens in a new tab) as an engineer and architect for Azure, identity, automation and AI. I design the platform, write the code that deploys it, and write down what I learn on the way.
In short
- In IT since
- 2012
- Microsoft exams passed
- 13
- Cloud professionals in my cluster
- 46
- Posts on this blog
- 16
Things I've built
Open-source tools and experiments, mostly born from a real problem at work or at home. Every one of them taught me something worth writing about.
Branch Manager
A web app for managing Azure DevOps branches across many repositories at once. Built because clicking through the portal fifty times per release is not a workflow.
Built with: Node.js, Express, Azure DevOps API, Entra ID
Custom AI Chat
A fully self-hosted AI chat stack with local models, image generation and web search. Private by default, no subscription attached.
Built with: Open WebUI, Docker, Self-hosted LLMs
Shelly MCP Server
An MCP server that lets AI assistants control Shelly smart home devices directly. Talking to your house, but in a structured protocol.
Built with: MCP, TypeScript, Home Assistant
This website
The site you are looking at. Nuxt 4, Nuxt Content and Tailwind 4, statically generated and served from Cloudflare's edge. Designed and vibe coded in the open.
Built with: Nuxt 4, Tailwind 4, Cloudflare Pages
What I do
Ten years of infrastructure work, applied to the cloud. From network cables to landing zones, with security as the starting point.
Cloud and identity
Azure architecture and design with security first. Identity, governance and hybrid connectivity, done properly.
- Microsoft Azure
- Entra ID
- Cloud security
- Hybrid connectivity
- PIM and governance
Automation and IaC
If it can be code, it should be code. Infrastructure, role assignments and policies deployed from a pipeline, not a portal.
- Bicep
- PowerShell
- Azure DevOps
- CI/CD pipelines
- Policy as code
AI and tooling
Practical GenAI: coding assistants, self-hosted models and MCP servers. I try out what these tools change about how we build.
- GenAI workflows
- MCP servers
- Self-hosted AI
- Vibe coding
- Intune and endpoints
Let's connect
A question about a post, an idea about cloud automation, or you just want to talk shop? Send me a message.