Biscuit (biscuit.so) is an all-in-one platform for building businesses, created by Ives_van_Hoorne (founder of CodeSandbox). It provides project management, assets, models, brand identity, email, workflows, and preview capabilities in a single integrated environment. Jan Wilmake began exploring Biscuit in May 2026 as both a potential product tool and a relationship/employment opportunity.[1]
Based on Jan's exploration of the platform on May 12, 2026, Biscuit includes:[2]
biscuit.so/jobs)Biscuit positions itself as a tool for solo builders and founders, combining capabilities that would otherwise require multiple separate SaaS subscriptions.
On March 27, 2026, during his public job search, Jan expressed interest in a position at Biscuit in Amsterdam, alongside other opportunities.[3]
Jan booked a 30-minute meeting with Ives van Hoorne for May 8, later rescheduled to May 12. The meeting was arranged through Ives's company email (ives@flits.inc).[4]
On May 12, Jan spent approximately 30+ minutes building a project called "Publican" inside Biscuit — exploring project chats, assets, preview, email inbox, workflows, models, and brand pages. He researched Ives van Hoorne's X profile (@CompuIves) for ~6 minutes ahead of the meeting.[1]
The 30-minute Google Meet call with Ives ran from approximately 11:01 to 11:29. During the meeting, Jan showed the OpenPolsia dashboard and GitHub repository — demonstrating his autonomous business-agent work as a conversation piece.[2]
Jan received an email from Maria Martin (at Biscuit) about the Publican project — a proactive follow-up from Biscuit's side, not initiated by Jan. He then researched Biscuit's X presence, including viewing a showcase by Justine Moore (who built a travel app on Biscuit in 30 minutes). He also discovered the "Bakin' Biscuit" event — a builder day at Biscuit's Amsterdam canal-side office on May 15, 2026, featuring demos at 5:00 PM. The tweet from Maria's personal account read: "People of Amsterdam, come build your app with us this Friday, 15th May at our Bakin' Biscuit event."[5] [6]
The "Bakin' Biscuit" builder event took place on May 15, 2026 at Biscuit's Amsterdam canal-side office, with demos scheduled at 5:00 PM. Jan's browser history for May 15 shows no Biscuit-related activity — browsing started at 17:06 with Netflix film selection. This suggests Jan either attended the event in person (without device usage) or did not attend. The outcome is a critical open question for the trajectory of the Biscuit relationship.[7]
As of May 28, 2026 — thirteen days after the Bakin' Biscuit event — no follow-up activity with Biscuit has been observed in Jan's browser history, email, or X activity. No email to Ives or Maria, no X engagement with Biscuit content, and no visits to biscuit.so. At 13 days post-event, the follow-up window has definitively closed and the Biscuit relationship is dead. Any re-engagement would require a cold restart rather than a warm follow-up.[8] [9]
As of late May 2026, the Biscuit relationship has stalled completely. While the proactive email from Maria, the Bakin' Biscuit event invitation, and Jan's engagement with Biscuit content on X all suggested Biscuit was actively engaging Jan, the 13-day absence of any follow-up from Jan's side has allowed the momentum to dissipate entirely. This is part of a broader pattern of post-sprint avoidance that has affected all active leads in Jan's 2026 job search pipeline. On May 28, Jan resumed LinkedIn job browsing — suggesting a pivot toward fresh leads rather than attempting to salvage cold relationships.[8] [9]
Publican is a project Jan built inside Biscuit on May 12, 2026. Based on the browser history, it involved setting up assets, data models ("Blob", "Post"), brand identity, email, workflows, and preview pages — suggesting a publishing or content management tool. The exact purpose has not been publicly defined, and the GOALS document from x-and-browser-archive notes the open question: "Define what Publican is: a personal publishing tool, a product to ship, or a showcase for Biscuit's capabilities?"[10]
Biscuit is created by Ives_van_Hoorne, who previously founded CodeSandbox — one of the most widely-used online code editors. The transition from CodeSandbox (developer tools) to Biscuit (business building platform) represents a pivot toward a broader audience of solo builders and founders.[1]
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