Hi, I'm Tom. I design, architect, and build digital systems.
Tom Hermans is a full-stack developer and UX/UI designer who blends design thinking with solid engineering.
That’s a lot of fancy words for: I design it, build it, and make sure it actually works.
I've been building for the web since before "full-stack" was a job title.
Across agencies, product teams, and enterprise — always somewhere between
design and engineering, never fully in either camp. Still curious.
This site is my digital garden
— a living document, updated as I
learn, build, and occasionally change my mind.
Tom works with these technologies
among others
Some more about me
25+ Years of (Not) Breaking Things
Started building websites way before Flash was cool and IE6 was the enemy. Survived the browser & framework wars, the CSS preprocessor debates, and that one time everyone decided XML was the future..
Full-Stack, Front to Back
From user research and UX strategy to Vue frontends and PHP backends, enough of the stack to know where the real problems usually hide, and which solutions just have good marketing.
Design Systems That Don't Suck
Built component libraries and design systems for teams who were tired of rebuilding the same button 47 times. Started from research, ended in tokens, themes, and accessibility, the whole deal, minus the bloat.
Mentored Humans, Not 'Resources'
Spent years working in teams, teaching juniors, and translating between designers who think in pixels and developers who think in edge cases. Turns out empathy is a technical skill.
Tools Are Means, Not Ends
Web standards fan. Accessibility advocate. Performance nerd. I use tools because they solve problems, not because they're trending — but yes, I will absolutely check them out.
Perpetual Student
Design tokens, (AI driven) automation, modern CSS, web components, UX principles. Learning never stops, neither does my tab count..
