Neat suits. Clean configs. Neat solutions.
When your infrastructure needs to be sustainable, robust, and free.
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Free Software for Public Good
Governments, foundations, and research institutions deserve infrastructure they can inspect. I make that happen.
The Right Tool for the Right Job
Puppet for configuration management and compliance. Ansible for automation. Containers for ephemeral workloads. Every problem deserves its own solution — neatly applied.
We Watch. We Fix. You Sleep.
Self-hosted monitoring and alerting — Zabbix, Prometheus, and Grafana, running on your infrastructure, under your control.
Neatly Innovative AI
I believe AI should earn trust, not demand it. Rosett-AI leads the way — with more tools coming. Governance, transparency, and confidence for AI-assisted development, all open-source.
Who's behind NeatNerds?
One founder. Two decades of infrastructure experience. A wardrobe of suits and a terminal that runs green — because red means someone wasn't thorough enough. Hugo builds from Herbeumont, Belgium — where the forests are dense and the configs are clean.
My philosophy
I believe infrastructure belongs to the people who depend on it — that software licences should guarantee freedom, not restrict it, that AI should earn trust through transparency, not demand it through lock-in, and that a well-pressed suit and a clean git log are both signs of someone who gives a damn.
Why NeatNerds?
You talk to the person who does the work.
No account managers, no handoffs, no junior staff sent in after the contract is signed. Two decades of infrastructure experience — from bare metal to AI governance. Every tool I recommend, I run myself. Every solution I propose, I've tested.
I clean up well.
The suit isn't vanity — it's a signal. When you're in a room where decisions are made and budgets are allocated, showing up prepared and presentable means your technical recommendations actually get heard.
I work with you, not for you.
I don't serve a title or a department — I serve the mission. If something needs to be said, I say it, especially when it's not what the room wants to hear. A consultant who only tells you what you want to hear isn't a consultant — that's a yes-machine with an invoice. I'm here to solve real problems with you, and the fact that I'm at the table doing the work is my proof of commitment.
If I build it, you own it.
GPL-3.0-only. No lock-in, no proprietary surprises. Your infrastructure, your code, your freedom.
Would you like to know more?
Tell me about your mission — I'll tell you how I can help.