Creative technologist · Leiden, NL
Hi, I'm JP Bothma — a creative technologist in Leiden
Thoughtful software for work that matters.
I'm a South African creative technologist living in Leiden. I build interactive worlds, make data legible and engineer sustainable systems — lately with AI agents that quietly take care of the repetitive, so people keep the parts that need a human.
Selected work
- Interfarm — A live platform where dairy customers and suppliers plan, fund and track on-farm CO₂ reduction together. 2024 — now
- Where does my food come from? — An interactive 3D globe that follows fresh food from the farm to your Dutch supermarket shelf, and on to where it ends up if no one buys it. live
- Drapewright — Free sewing pattern software for the iPad or any browser: open the patterns you already own, fit them to your measurements, see them draped in 3D, and print at true size. live
- SwarmFort.io — A multiplayer .io game where toys defend forts from a horde, grow swarms of flies, and fire them at each other. Free in the browser, no download. 2026
Currently
- oct 2026 — Rebuilding this site out of pixels. Every letter is a block that knows where it's going next.
- aug 2026 — Building a free motorcycle-touring framework: book, download the route, go.
- jul 2026 — Shipping AI agents at Interfood that quietly automate the repetitive parts of sustainability work.
My story
An ink-and-paper world, a d20, a small ship, seven unknown worlds and a lonely dragon, told in the blocks this site is made of. Eighty seconds, with sound. Watch The Adventurer →
Work with me
By day I lead sustainability technology at Interfood. Around that, I take on a small number of engagements: interactive 3D, data visualisation, AI agents, sustainability engineering and fractional CTO work. Services →