About De Stamkroeg

🍺 What is it?

A private café on the internet. Not a social network with millions of members, but a pub with a handful of regulars who know each other. You talk at the bar, read news that's worth it, share book tips and projects, and use the guides when something is on your mind.

There are no ads, no "recommended for you", no counter trying to lure you back. You come in, you see what's there, you leave again.

And for those who want to do something together: an agenda with a nudge on your phone, and boards with cards you slide from to-do to done — with the whole pub, live.

How do I get in?

Through a request or an invitation from a member. The landlord reads every request himself and decides. That keeps the pub small and familiar.

Membership is free for now. If that ever changes, you'll hear it well in advance and decide for yourself.

House rules

• Speak as you would at a real bar: with respect, even when you disagree.
• What is said here stays here. No screenshots of conversations to the outside.
• Don't share other people's personal data, or photos of people who didn't ask for it.
• No ads, no spam. A tip about your own business is fine, once.
• The landlord can remove messages and put members out. That rarely happens, and never secretly.

The guides

The guides are thinking aids: you describe a decision, a strange development, your task list or your business, and you get an outcome with the doubt included. An AI judge (Jev from TypeSafe) gives probabilities; the calculation happens in the site itself and can be checked. They give no legal, tax or investment advice. See the examples →

Privacy and security

• Nothing is public: messages, photos and profiles are only visible to members.
• No tracking, no ads, no resale of data.
• You can download all your data in one go or erase your account with everything on it.
• Encrypted connection, two-step verification, and a backup that is tested every week.
• The server is in the EU. Read the privacy statement for the details.

Who makes this?

De Stamkroeg is built and maintained by Yannick Van Dyck: one person, one server, code written and tested with care. Not a company with a growth target. Questions or remarks? Email yannickvd@yahoo.com.