Roy Tomeij 

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Dutch guy. Co-founder of AppSignal APM. Stroopwafels. Barbecue. Improv. 
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AppSignal APMhttps://www.appsignal.com
Personal bloghttps://roy.io

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. That’s about to change… 🚀

https://blog.appsignal.com/2025/05/06/appsignal-closes-usd-22-million-growth-investment.html?utm_source=blogpost&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=2025-05-06

AppSignal Closes $22 Million Growth Investment | AppSignal Blog

AppSignal closes a $22 million growth investment led by Elsewhere Partners, enabling us to take AppSignal to the next level.

For those who want to follow me everywhere: I’m on Bluesky as @roy.io
Someone forgot to put a limit on my corporate credit card, and now I accidentally ordered 3,600 #stroopwafels (140+ kilograms), to be delivered today 🫣

Second edition of #RailsWorld, second time @appsignal as Platinum sponsor!

Toronto, here we – and our stroopwafels – come. 🍪🍁

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tomeij_appsignals-2024-ruby-event-sponsorships-activity-7190688805379584003-L8b0

Roy Tomeij on LinkedIn: AppSignal's 2024 Ruby Event Sponsorships | AppSignal Blog

I’m happy to announce that AppSignal is once again a Platinum sponsor for Rails World, this time in Toronto, Canada! 🍁 We were the first to stick our neck…

This must be the largest – and most valuable – movie props and costumes collection in the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Zt4FeFJEk
Go Inside the Coolest (and Most Secret!) Movie Props and Memorabilia Collection!

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Related: shipping to the US requires jumping through some FDA hoops: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7181952590446759936/
Roy Tomeij on LinkedIn: #appsignal #stroopwafels #fda #buildinginpublic #saas

I once complained about transferring money to the US, but that's nothing compared to shipping stroopwafels to a conference. Because stroopwafels are food, the…

~700 @AppSignal stroopwafels packed and ready to be picked up by UPS for #WrocloveRb, #BalkanRuby, and #PyTexas! 🍪

In the category of "weird, disturbing, but also kinda cute": two retirees who built a 1950's town in their backyard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRnZbSo0xLQ

PS: That whole channel, "Coolest Thing I've Ever Made," is worth watching. #makers

Unbelievable: Couple Constructs Massive 1950s Town- Coolest Thing I've Ever Made- EP28

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AppSignal's 2024 Ruby Event Sponsorships | AppSignal Blog

We're happy to announce we're sponsoring fifteen upcoming Ruby events!

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My family and I want to move away from Google for mail and calendar, and iCloud for photo storage. What’s the best alternative?

Proton for mail, and a self-hosted Nextcloud for calendars and photos (I already run my own instance for file storage and sharing), maybe?