Sander van Hooft
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Sander van Hooft
@sandervanhooft.bsky.social
Founder/engineer at https://vatly.com and http://sandorian.com. Maintainer of Laravel Cashier Mollie and more.
Three years ago Mollie said: "Fantastic idea. Build it yourself. We'll support you."

So I'm building Vatly. A Merchant of Record for European SaaS. European team, European infra, European DNA.

You integrate once. We handle global tax compliance. No more €10k/year per country for local reps.
February 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
"Think Different" used to be an Apple slogan. Now it's EU policy.

Privacy. Sustainability. Inclusion. Creative freedom. Apple built its entire identity on these values. They aren't American values right now. They're European ones.
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🚀 I’ve been quietly working on Vatly with the Sandorian team for a while and I am now super excited 🙀 we're actually going to launch.

Selling SaaS worldwide sounds great — until you hit the compliance overhead involved.

We built Vatly to solve this.

#saas
Announcing Vatly: Your Merchant of Record, built for European SaaS - Sandorian
Scaling a SaaS business globally should be exciting, not overwhelming. Yet, for European SaaS companies, navigating VAT compliance, managing subscriptions, and offering localized payment methods often...
sandorian.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’ve been repositioning Sandorian a bit to better reflect where we’ve actually been adding the most value.

Still building software that lasts — just a bit more focused now.

👇

sandorian.com/blog/softwar...
Software That Lasts - Sandorian
The hardest software problems aren’t at MVP stage. They show up at 2×, 5×, 10× scale — payments, tax, compliance, multi-tenancy, failover. At Sandorian, we partner long-term with SaaS and fintech team...
sandorian.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚀 I've just tagged the very first alpha release of moneybird-api-php

github.com/sandorian/mo...

#php
Release v0.1.0 · sandorian/moneybird-api-php
First release 🎉 Important Notes This is an alpha release and subject to breaking changes. Actively evolving: we strongly recommend pinning your installation to avoid unexpected issues: "require...
github.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🚀 The beta version of mollie-api-php v3 is now available.

sandorian.com/blog/announc...

#php
Announcing mollie-api-php v3 Beta
The beta version of mollie-api-php v3 is now available! This new major version brings significant improvements to developer experience, testing capabilities, and overall robustness.
sandorian.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Cooking up something new for #php / Moneybird
February 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Fellow Laravel (Cashier) artisans,

It's January and that means many have updated their SaaS prices (good for you!).

I've received requests to make *immediate* subscription plan price updates easier in Laravel Cashier for Mollie.

So here you go:

github.com/mollie/larav...

#laravel #saas
Release v2.16.0 · mollie/laravel-cashier-mollie
You can now run cashier:sync-plans to see your subscription plan price changes reflected immediately. What's Changed Added dedicated command for syncing subscription plan prices by @sandervanhooft...
github.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🚀 mollie-api-php v3 is coming your way!

The last few months we've been preparing the v3 release of the popular mollie-api-php v3 client.

The architecture has been overhauled completely, providing a new foundation for years to come.

Stay tuned.

#php
January 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reviewing big PRs on @github.com web is making the browser very sluggish. Anyone else experiencing this problem?https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgmgOY9XYAAvx6j?format=png&name=small
January 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Reposted by Sander van Hooft
I got tired of mocking frameworks in class-based languages, so I created the simplest, most compatible, and most powerful mocking library that I could imagine. It's great for PHP / Java and other class-based languages.

github.com/ShawnMcCool/...
GitHub - ShawnMcCool/ultra-mock: A mocking framework for testing any class-based programming language.
A mocking framework for testing any class-based programming language. - ShawnMcCool/ultra-mock
github.com
December 28, 2024 at 12:50 PM
In case you're using Mollie Connect with #php: I've tagged a hotfix on oauth2-mollie-php just now.

An unexpected breaking change in the underlying league/oauth2-client package (v2.8.0) was wreaking havoc on some integrations.

Just in time for the holidays, enjoy! 🎅

github.com/mollie/oauth...
Release v2.8.2 · mollie/oauth2-mollie-php
What's Changed The latest League OAuth2 package version 2.8.0 release caused an unexpected breaking change. This release provides a temporary fix until the issue is resolved in the League OAuth2 pa...
github.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:59 PM