Björn Nyström

About

I work where business problems and software decisions meet.

Björn smiling outdoors in a green setting

What I do

I help founders decide what to build before the money is committed. I map how the business actually works, then hand over a recommendation and a specification any competent team could execute. When the answer is to build, Demon Dog, the delivery company I run, can deliver it.

Where I come from

I started as a developer and I still write code. Most of the largest systems I have worked on were bespoke builds well into six figures: finance systems, payment platforms, infrastructure a business runs on. Self-employed from 2015, serving clients in the United States and Sweden; in 2021 that practice became Demon Dog S.L.

How I think

The expensive mistakes are decision mistakes, not engineering ones. Most happen before anyone writes code: in what gets assumed, what goes unquestioned, and who was never asked. I care more about the decision being right than the project being mine.

Principles

What I try to be known for.

Plain talk

I explain technical choices in business language, so people can make decisions without pretending to be developers.

Useful systems

A tool is only good if people actually use it. I care about the daily workflow, not just the launch.

Honest tradeoffs

Not every problem needs AI. Not every process needs custom software. The right answer is the one that helps the business.