Beyond Code
To make web developers’ lives easier by building tools and courses specifically for developers, sharing knowledge, and giving back to the community.
Founding Story
Marcel Pociot and Sebastian Schlein joined forces in 2017 to create the development tools they wished they had for themselves, moving from open-source contributions to a successful bootstrapped product company.
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Leadership
Founders
Marcel Pociot
CTO of Beyond Code. Creator of BotMan, Tinkerwell, and Herd. Renowned speaker in the PHP/Laravel community and prolific open-source contributor.
Sebastian Schlein
CEO of Beyond Code. Responsible for business operations, marketing, and the commercial growth of the company's product line.
Executive Team
Marcel Pociot
CTO & Co-Founder
Technical visionary and developer of core product offerings.
Sebastian Schlein
CEO & Co-Founder
Focuses on business strategy and operations.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and individual software licenses with recurring subscription options.
Pricing Tiers
PHP, nginx, DNS, Node.js, and core features.
Adds Dumps, Mail, Log Viewer, Services, and more.
10 Herd Pro licenses and centralized management.
Standard yearly license for updates and support.
Custom domains, unlimited tunnels, and dedicated servers.
Target Markets
- PHP Developers
- Laravel Developers
- Web Agencies
- Individual Freelancers
- Local full-stack development
- Rapid prototyping
- Debugging production code safely
- Sharing local dev environments
- Testing email delivery
- Laravel LLC
- Tighten
- Spatie
- Various global PHP development teams
History & Milestones
Continued expansion of the toolset with Tinkerwell 4 and Herd 1.6 updates.
Introduction of Herd Pro and Herd for Windows.
Launch of Laravel Herd at Laracon US, revolutionizing local PHP development.
Launch of Expose and HELO, expanding the developer tool suite.
Launch of Tinkerwell, which becomes a standard tool in the Laravel ecosystem.
