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Vincent Trienpont

Vincent Trienpont

@Vincent_T_

Agency Owner: We Do Dev Work | 5 online directories on the side | Belgian in Bangkok | Plays in a punk rock band | Lifting weights daily. Hi!

BKK | Thailand Katılım Ekim 2010
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The Nightfly
The Nightfly@Lester_WJAZ·
@RnaudBertrand Huh. Interesting that Thailand, a country where one entire political conversation -royalty- is absolutely outside the realm of tolerated speech, ranks so high here
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Arnaud Bertrand@RnaudBertrand·
Every year, this has to be the one report I look forward to the most: the Democracy Perception Index, compiled by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation (in partnership with Nita Data). In fact, my yearly thread on the report is apparently such a tradition that, this year, its lead researcher personally sent me the report with this message: "every year, I look forward to your thread about it!". That's how you start wondering whether you tweet too much 😅 Why do I like this report so much? A few reasons: 1) The Alliance of Democracies Foundation, the organization behind the report, cannot even remotely be suspected of being some sort of anti-West outlet: it was started by an ex-NATO Secretary General (Anders Fogh Rasmussen) and its stated purpose is "to unite world democracies" 2) It's surprisingly honest and the methodology is actually democratic. Unlike other reports on democracy the scoring isn't done by the report's authors (like the report by Freedom House or The Economist's "Democracy Index"). It simply asks people what they think and, when it comes to democracy, that's kind of the point 🤷‍♂️ 3) I love the expression "perception is reality" because, like it or not, what people believe about their system is what determines its legitimacy. A democracy that nobody actually experiences as one can't credibly claim to be one. And conversely, a so-called "autocracy" that its people overwhelmingly believe is actually a democracy might... actually be a democracy. Anyhow, this year's edition did not disappoint. The data is absolutely fascinating and frankly, a little terrifying. So here you go: my thread on the 2026 Democracy Perception Index 🧵
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Thai Enquirer@ThaiEnquirer·
Foreign shareholders hold stakes in nearly 68% of registered companies on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, according to a Thai government investigation that has intensified scrutiny of suspected nominee business arrangements on the two tourist islands. The Department of Business Development said authorities found 11,426 companies with foreign shareholders on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, accounting for 67.97% of the 16,811 registered firms on the islands. The findings emerged as officials launched a broader crackdown on businesses suspected of using Thai nationals as nominee shareholders to circumvent foreign ownership restrictions. Link - thaienquirer.com/69837/thai-nom… #Thailand #นอมินี
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Vincent Trienpont
Vincent Trienpont@Vincent_T_·
@KhaosodEnglish That 10% are likely retired tourists, like my parents, who doesn’t cause any issue and spend everyday a nice sum in Thailand. The tourist you actually don’t want are the binge drinkers that are here on a 9 day booze run or the pseudo-criminals on DTV, LTR or even Elite.
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Khaosod English@KhaosodEnglish·
Ministry: Most foreign tourists in Thailand stay under 30 days, visa-free review unlikely to affect majority Around 90% of foreign tourists in Thailand stay for less than 30 days, with an average visit of 9–10 days, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
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Vincent Trienpont@Vincent_T_·
@seftonhanley @Thenationth The problem of the nominee problem is that you need a nominee as a foreigner to run a proper business that’s beneficial for the Thai economy. The solution: let businesses do business and tax all equally. Control all equally.
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Sefton Hanley
Sefton Hanley@seftonhanley·
Our countries we dont even try to stop it.. Anyone can open a business we dont even try to prevent it, we compete against it. The winner is the best, cheapest, most reliable, etc service. This gives the consumer more choice, lower prices and keeps the economy most efficient. There is not even the concept of nominee.
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Thenationthailand@Thenationth·
Thai coconut prices are at an all-time low, and foreign-backed nominee companies have checkmated Thai farmers by dominating the supply chain. But this isn’t just about coconuts. In almost every industry in Thailand, parasitic nominee businesses are being used to bypass foreign ownership laws, creating revenue leaks across multiple industries like tourism and hospitality. Join us this week on #TheSignal as we look into how these structures work, where they persist, and what it means for Thailand’s economy: 📊 Why Thai coconut prices have collapsed 📊 The “closed-loop” of nominee businesses 📊 The familiar pattern of zero-dollar tours 📊 The crackdown from Thai authorities 🔎 Reported by @benrujo.official #ThaiNews #NationThailand #Thailand #Business #Economy #Nominees
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Sefton Hanley
Sefton Hanley@seftonhanley·
The problems Thailand faces are not some foreigner opening a childcare (because no one else does it properly) on KPG, its not even really a nominee owned home.. The problem is the economy is importing everything from overseas (china) and producing only low value easily replaceable items (agri, seafood, etc) which will always remain under extreme price pressure. The transition to a more dynamic modern SME powered economy is so desperately needed. The era of mega corps inefficiently held in place with protectionism and systems of permitting and licenses has to end. A radical restructuring is overdue.
Pawoot.com@pawoot

“สึนามิสินค้าจีน” ถล่มไทย.! 2 เดือนแรกปี 2569 ขาดดุลทะลุ 4.4 แสนล้าน... พุ่งกระฉูด +43%!! . ตัวเลขการนำเข้าและส่งออกระหว่างจีนกับไทย ล่าสุด ม.ค. - ก.พ. ปีนี้ออกมาแล้ว เห็นแล้วต้องอุทานว่า “เหนื่อยแน่ไทย.!” เพราะในขณะที่เราพยายามส่งออกแทบตาย แต่สินค้าจีนกลับหลั่งไหลเข้ามาเหมือนเขื่อนแตก.! . สอดคล้องกับเหตุการณ์ China Shock 2 ที่จีน "ยกทัพไฮเทคราคาถูก" มาถล่มตลาดโลกเพื่อระบายของที่ขายในบ้านไม่ได้ และไทยกำลังเป็น "หน้าด่าน" ที่รับแรงปะทะนี้เต็มๆ โดยที่ยังไม่มีเกราะป้องกันที่แข็งแรงพอครับ . #สรุปตัวเลขแบบหมัดต่อหมัด (ม.ค. - ก.พ. 2568 vs 2569): . เราส่งออกไปจีน: 1.94 แสนล้านบาท (โตขึ้นจากปีก่อนนิดหน่อย +6.47%) แม้กลุ่มคอมพิวเตอร์และผลไม้ยังไปได้สวย แต่ก็โตแบบ “ค่อยเป็นค่อยไป” . 📷 #แต่จีนส่งกลับมาไทย (นำเข้า): 6.43 แสนล้านบาท (พุ่งติดจรวด +30%!!) สินค้าจีนถล่มเข้ามาทุกทิศทาง ทั้งรถ EV, เครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้า, อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ และสินค้าอุปโภคบริโภคผ่านแพลตฟอร์มออนไลน์ บุกถึงห้องนอนเรา . ผลลัพธ์คือ... #เราขาดดุลการค้าเพิ่มขึ้นถึง 43.7%!! . ภายในแค่ 60 วันแรกของปี ไทยขาดดุลให้จีนไปแล้วกว่า 448,949 ล้านบาท! (ถ้าปล่อยให้เป็นแบบนี้ทั้งปี ยอดขาดดุลอาจทะลุ 2.7 - 3 ล้านล้านบาทได้เลย) . ทำไมเราต้องตื่นเต้นและตกใจ? . 1. SME ไทยกำลังถูกเบียดและปิดกิจการ: สินค้าจีนราคาถูกและเทคโนโลยีสูง กำลังเข้ามายึดตลาดในประเทศแบบเบ็ดเสร็จ 2. เราซื้อเทคโนโลยีมากกว่าผลิตเอง: ตัวเลขนำเข้าที่โต 30% สะท้อนว่าเราพึ่งพาจีนในทุกมิติ ตั้งแต่รถยนต์ยันมือถือ 3. เงินรั่วไหลออกนอกประเทศ: ดุลการค้าที่ติดลบหนักขนาดนี้ คือโจทย์ใหญ่ของเศรษฐกิจไทยที่ต้องเร่งแก้ไข . . ถ้าเราไม่เร่งสร้าง “ภูมิคุ้มกัน” ให้ผู้ประกอบการไทย และไม่มีมาตรการรับมือสินค้าทะลักที่ชัดเจน... และที่สำคัญที่สุดคือ "#บังคับใช้กฏหมายที่มีอยู่ เข้มงวดมากขึ้น การรับส่วย การไม่เอากฏหมายไปบังคับใช้กับสินค้าที่เข้ามาด้วยวิธีผิดกฏหมาย คือปัญหาหลักของปัญหาสินค้าจีนทะลักเข้ามาในวันนี้ " . ไม่เช่นนั้น..ปีนี้จะเป็นปีที่ท้าทายที่สุดของพวกเราครับ . ต้องฝากท่านรัฐมนตรีศุภจี พี่แต๋มด้วยนะครับ เราต้องทำอะไรซักอย่างที่เห็นผลจริงๆ จังๆ ละครับ . . ข้อมูลผมนำมาจากเว็บ คิดค้า ของกระทรวงพาณิชย์ครับ

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Roach
Roach@R04ch·
@n0tinfamous 50-60k puts you in the top 10-15% of incomes. This is not a typical salary relatively few people are in this middle segment before the higher income brackets of 70k+
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Roach@R04ch·
If the average 25 year old Thai office worker in Bangkok is earning 20,000 / month and the average 1 room apartment with utilities is 8,000 / month.... Never mind you are basically fudged unless you live with your parents or room sharing. No wonder the birth rate is 0.78 🥲
World of Statistics@stats_feed

🇹🇭 Thailand has a fertility rate of 0.78 kids per woman in 2026, which is the lowest in the entire world. South Korea is at 0.8 kids per woman, for reference. This is leading to the fastest demographic decline in history.

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JW@janniiiiw·
@AJButton2 What is happening is that Kalasin, Thailand is becoming the new Dubai. A city that was known for buffalos, rice farming and silk has now been transformed to a tech startup hub. Rumor has it Amazon will invest in at least 3 new coffee shops.
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A.J. Button@AJButton2·
What is happening is that BANGKOK is becoming the new DUBAI. A city that was once known for its seedy nightlife has transformed into a tech startup hub at a breakneck pace. The transformation will not end until Bangkok is a recognized as a world city on par with NYC.
amin eftegarie@eftegarie

I cannot believe that I’ve been living in Bangkok during the 2020s. It might be what Rome or the Renaissance were to people who had no idea they were living through something historic. But I feel aware that I’m watching history unfold.

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Josh Cahill
Josh Cahill@gotravelyourway·
If you were flying between Europe and Asia right now, which route would you choose instead? 🔁 Via Istanbul with Turkish Airlines 🇸🇬 Via Singapore with Singapore Airlines 🇹🇭 Via Bangkok with Thai Airways 🇮🇳 Via Delhi or Mumbai with Air India Or do you have another routing in mind? 🤔
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Samut Prakan Phil 🇬🇧 🇹🇭
I've often wondered the same thing. Our local Indian joint - and it's just a regular restaurant up a side-street - has increased the price of its boneless chicken curry to 280 baht. Add on boiled rice and a naan and you're not getting much change out of 450 baht per person. It's become an occasional treat now.
Thailife Nick Day@dexterday13

Why is Indian food so expensive in Thailand? Even in malls. It’s not like the ingredients here are more expensive.

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Vincent Trienpont
Vincent Trienpont@Vincent_T_·
@davibroui If only it had taste. I love Vietnamese food, in Thailand and Laos I ate awesome Vietnamese food. In Vietnam I had 1 meal that had taste. Good coffee though.
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Vincent Trienpont@Vincent_T_·
@marclou For example I deadlift once every (other) quarter. And my PR is around 220kg. DL is in my opinion a good strength measurement, but a suboptimal strength training. If that makes sense.
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Vincent Trienpont
Vincent Trienpont@Vincent_T_·
@marclou Form is really overrated on deadlift. Like running, injury risk is high. I just wouldn’t build my workout around it and you leave so many strength progress in the tank by doing compounds. What is holding you back to lift higher? Which muscle gives up first? Train that 1.
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Vincent Trienpont
Vincent Trienpont@Vincent_T_·
It’s a gimmick, but this is how I imagine corporations deal with “digital transformation”. For a fact, I know they do.
Peter Girnus 🦅@gothburz

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees. $30 per seat per month. $1.4 million annually. I called it "digital transformation." The board loved that phrase. They approved it in eleven minutes. No one asked what it would actually do. Including me. I told everyone it would "10x productivity." That's not a real number. But it sounds like one. HR asked how we'd measure the 10x. I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards." They stopped asking. Three months later I checked the usage reports. 47 people had opened it. 12 had used it more than once. One of them was me. I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds. It took 45 seconds. Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations. But I called it a "pilot success." Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail. The CFO asked about ROI. I showed him a graph. The graph went up and to the right. It measured "AI enablement." I made that metric up. He nodded approvingly. We're "AI-enabled" now. I don't know what that means. But it's in our investor deck. A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT. I said we needed "enterprise-grade security." He asked what that meant. I said "compliance." He asked which compliance. I said "all of them." He looked skeptical. I scheduled him for a "career development conversation." He stopped asking questions. Microsoft sent a case study team. They wanted to feature us as a success story. I told them we "saved 40,000 hours." I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up. They didn't verify it. They never do. Now we're on Microsoft's website. "Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot." The CEO shared it on LinkedIn. He got 3,000 likes. He's never used Copilot. None of the executives have. We have an exemption. "Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction." I wrote that policy. The licenses renew next month. I'm requesting an expansion. 5,000 more seats. We haven't used the first 4,000. But this time we'll "drive adoption." Adoption means mandatory training. Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches. But completion will be tracked. Completion is a metric. Metrics go in dashboards. Dashboards go in board presentations. Board presentations get me promoted. I'll be SVP by Q3. I still don't know what Copilot does. But I know what it's for. It's for showing we're "investing in AI." Investment means spending. Spending means commitment. Commitment means we're serious about the future. The future is whatever I say it is. As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

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Samut Prakan Phil 🇬🇧 🇹🇭
Back in Vientiane... and lunch at La Terrasse. Steak and onion baguette and a proper lasagne. We'll miss being able to afford this sort of menu. Normally I leave it to the Soi Thonglor luvvie darlings. #LaosTrip
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Samut Prakan Phil 🇬🇧 🇹🇭
In Vientiane we're staying at the Bloom Boutique Hotel and Cafe. The cafe is closed and looks like it's become a motorcycle storage area - but the rooms are nice enough. Room rate is around 1750 baht a night including breakfast - which you have to choose the day before - which I hate. Great central location. #LaosTrip
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Vincent Trienpont
Vincent Trienpont@Vincent_T_·
@jonathan_wilke In 2025 shifted from Next to Svelte. It’s fun, fast and the learning curve is low. But in the end it’s just what you’re comfortable with.
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Jonathan Wilke
Jonathan Wilke@jonathan_wilke·
Which framework do you think will be the best choice for building web apps in 2026? 🖤 Next.js 🧡 SvelteKit 💚 Nuxt 💙 Tanstack Start
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fidexCode@fidexcode·
Which of these do you use in hosting your side projects? Vercel or netlify
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Jean-Paul Reynaerts
Jean-Paul Reynaerts@PaulReynaerts·
@alexandradarch Verkeersdrukte van een metropool, en toch geraak je overal. Aan de voetpaden is inderdaad nog wat werk 🫣😅
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Alexandra d’Archambeau@alexandradarch·
Waarom kan een stad als Bangkok haar straten proper houden zonder een vuilbak in zicht maar kan Brussel dat niet?
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