All of my long-form thoughts on leadership, company building, the church, software design, and what to drink, collected in chronological order.
If you have ever tried to migrate a church from one platform to another, you know what fifteen years of accumulated pain looks like in a spreadsheet. Here is an honest take on where the market is and where it needs to go.
The Old Fashioned is the oldest cocktail still worth ordering. This version is built around a house tonka-kola syrup that replaces the sugar and earns its place.
Every founder says they are data-driven. Most of them have a spreadsheet they have not opened since Q1. Here is the gap and how to close it.
Every AI productivity post shows you a perfect system. Here is mine — including the part where I spent 45 minutes letting Claude fix a thing it had already broken twice.
Dick Bradsell invented this drink in 1983 at Fred's Club in London. It has survived every cocktail trend since for the obvious reason that it is excellent.
Most home bars are graveyards for gifted bottles nobody knows how to use. Here is how to build a bar that earns its space and actually gets opened.
Before Threefold, I had sold software. Nothing prepared me for selling to churches. The rules are different. So is the reward.
A Margarita variation built on a house-made hibiscus syrup that takes twenty minutes and keeps for two weeks. The result earns the effort.
The first 30 days of a client relationship determine the next 12 months. Most service businesses treat onboarding as the stuff that happens before the real work starts. That is the mistake.
We were tracking everything — attendance, giving, volunteers, check-in numbers. None of it was actually changing how we operated. Then we started tracking one different number.
The Margarita is the most ordered cocktail in the United States and one of the most frequently made badly. Here is the version worth making.
Every church that comes to Threefold is using Planning Center as a glorified address book. Here is what they are leaving on the table.
Everyone is talking about AI writing code. Nobody is talking about AI handling the ten hours a week of business overhead that was quietly eating your margin.
The Manhattan is already a near-perfect cocktail. The Black Manhattan swaps sweet vermouth for Averna amaro and makes a compelling argument that near-perfect had room to improve.
Co-founding a company with someone you trust sounds like the smart move. Here is what nobody tells you before you sign anything.
A practical look at how I use Claude Code, Codex, Detent, custom skills, GitHub, and local verification to turn ideas into reviewed software.
A no-fluff guide to building and shipping a real web app with AI in 2026 — no coding experience required — plus a homemade Sprite and Lemon Lime Bitters recipe for the deploy timer.
Join me, Michael Visser, as I share my journey from software developer to co-founder of Threefold Solutions. Dive into my world of data analytics, entrepreneurial challenges, and cocktail crafting. I'll share insights into business, software development resources, and top-shelf cocktail recipes. Let's kick-start your journey today!