Geodineum Ecosystem Announcement.
I will be releasing parts of the Geodineum Ecosystem while I get it production-ready in its entirety. I am presenting it to you in part…
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DREAM. BUILD. REPEAT.
Niels Erik Toren
Welcome to the builder’s den
The Age of Artificial Intelligence should also be the Age of Builders.
For the first time, the primary limitation on what can be built is no longer capital or access
but imagination, clarity, and the ability to execute.
We need to think, build, and deploy in weeks, sometimes days.
I build tools that make that possible.
Not to chase outcomes, but because building is how I think.
Builders, Doers, Makers, Engineers and Architects…
If you honestly just prefer:
- Deploying any idea rapidly and scale seamlessly with no strings attached
Dedicated hardware you control over sprawling cloud abstractions and redundant layers of lock-ins and saas bs
Simple, fast primitives over systems held together by inertia and the stagnation of monolithic orgs
I offer:
- Ecosystem that enhances the tools you built and poured your heart and soul in (often literally)
- It translates, saves, routes, transforms, renders, caches, and processes the outputs and apis of what you build
and turns your work into the magnificent orchestra it was meant to be. - Passion project by a humble solo dev / vibecoder and allround risktaker
- A clear road map of aggressive expansion
Perhaps you are building something that feels slightly unreasonable,
something that doesn’t fit neatly into existing boxes,
I find myself in the same position frequently
I’m always open to a conversation to exchange ideas.
We are to build the future, let us discuss how.
Creative destructors of the obsolete, Instigators, Risk takers, Patrons and Founders; masters of business…
Use my tools as the foundation and the propellant of your ideas.
Witness me stumble and fall
and consistently get back up again
to grind, polish and shine
rework and sharpen.
Or
Engage, divulge your use-case
And we’ll build it.
Why?
Somewhere right now, someone with a genuinely good idea is being told
they need infrastructure they cannot afford – when what they actually need are the tools they can use to do it themselves.
Everything I build has to endure pressure, pivot cleanly, and compound in their utility.
A bit like ourselves.
Nothing but grit, throughput, and daring here and if that resonates, let’s band up.
Why me?
Because I operate in a permanent tension.
On one side: the conviction that exceptional things can be built from first principles and that I am making a serious effort.
On the other: a quiet suspicion that mediocrity is always preying on us, waiting for us to give up and give in.
“It is the tension between these poles – a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other – that kept me going.”
H. S. T.
Contradiction, and duality as fuel like these were the first founding principles.
About
I’m Niels Toren (nierto), a full-stack developer building modular systems from first principles.
My work focuses on enabling serious software to run on modest, owned hardware, without unnecessary dependencies on cloud platforms or closed ecosystems.
I’m interested in building modular components from first principles that scale and perform, while remaining easy to extend and understand, an eco-system of everything a Disruptor might need to launch their idea.
If you care about owning your stack and building systems that last, we’ll likely work well together.
Services
What I do?
Open-source infrastructure – for disruptors, the vanguard of progress, who want to prototype rapidly.
Premium extensions – when the lemons are worth the squeeze.
Direct collaboration – when the problem challenges me.
Why I build?
To solve problems I myself had. For me and my family.
To grow and prosper and to leave something useful for humanity.
Are you ready for a project?
Ignition
From idea to existence
Turning a clear idea into a deployed, working system.
Focus:
Architecture from first principles
Fast, deliberate implementation
Immediate deployment on owned or minimal infrastructure
Outcome: something real, running, and ready to be tested against reality.
Scaling
From functioning to flourishing
Aligning systems with growth, resilience, and long-term compounding.
Focus
Structural clarity over defensive complexity
Performance where it matters most
Trustworthy, comprehensible operations
Outcome
Systems that invite growth instead of resisting it.
Modular
From monolithic to expandable
Making systems easy to grow without breaking.
Focus:
Modular design and clear boundaries
Extension points instead of rewrites
Enabling others to build on the system safely
Outcome: long-term durability.
Distillation
From complex to clear
Reducing systems to what actually matters.
Focus:
Removing unnecessary layers
Simplifying architecture and dependencies
Restoring clarity and intent
Outcome: leaner systems that are easier to understand, maintain, and extend.
Engagement usually starts at one phase and flows naturally into the next.
Send me a message for the budget you have in mind for your project and I’ll let you know what I think.
Open and free dialogue is the bedrock upon which progress and collaboration thrive.
Projects
Geodineum Ecosystem Vision
A modular infrastructure ecosystem designed to run serious systems on modest, owned hardware.
At its core is the GSD: a high-performance service layer written in Rust; responsible for coordination, caching, and performance-critical workloads outside the application runtime.
The ecosystem also includes a client implementation that allows higher-level applications to interact with GSD cleanly, enabling gradual adoption without tight coupling.
Built to reduce dependency, simplify deployment, and preserve system clarity as scale increases.
Pro Humanitate
Open-source contributions
gCore
A lightweight PHP framework focused on modularity, clarity, and long-term maintainability.
Provides focused managers for common concerns such as security, caching, assets, and templating. Runs independently in standard environments and integrates with the G* backend when available for enhanced orchestration.
gCube
A set of WordPress themes engineered as systems rather than skins.
Designed to run efficiently in standalone mode on ordinary hosting, while automatically unlocking additional capabilities when paired with the G* stack. Emphasizes predictable performance and minimal dependency overhead.
Hobby Research
Exploratory work focused on mathematical structure, validation, and cryptography.
GeoM(under development, Q2 2026)
Rust – A comprehensive mathematics library featuring base-10, base-2, base-60 and symbolic representations.
GeoV(to be released)
Rust – A gamble on geometric validation of data, aiming to move beyond rule-based schemes towards geometric validation.
GeoQ(to be released)
Rust – Experimental post-quantum cryptography research based on elegant and minimal mathematical constructions using discrete finite fields. KEM+Symmetric
Professional Work
RINO Amsterdam
Product Owner & Developer
Active in designing and streamlining digital systems for higher education, with a focus on reliability, efficiency, and long-term maintainability.
Key projects include:
MijnRINO Portal – a core platform for RINO Amsterdam, integrated within our existing infra in collaboration with Ruben V. and stenversonline.nl
System streamlining initiatives aimed at reducing operational overhead and improving institutional workflows
News
Launch of the website. GSD's hello world
I have been building this from 2023, first myself, then with Chatty, then Claude. The idea was a modular infrastructure which can easily be extended…