{"id":371,"date":"2026-03-19T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monkey4.business\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:12:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monkey4.business\/de\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section dark has-parallax\" id=\"section_317223019\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" data-parallax-container=\".section\" data-parallax-background data-parallax=\"-5\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1072\" src=\"https:\/\/monkey4.business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dirk-Landscape.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment- size-\" alt=\"Dirk Sch\u00e4fauer - Founder of Monkey4Business\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large\"  id=\"row-1995499672\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1468298723\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-752245966\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-right\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1>Dirk Sch\u00e4fauer<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">Software Archaeologist for Complex Systems<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Monkey&#8221; \ud83d\udc12<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_317223019 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 60vh;\n}\n#section_317223019 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.7);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section has-mask mask-arrow\" id=\"section_1774232897\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1091155150\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-108430806\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Dirk Sch\u00e4fauer<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"lead\">Software Archaeologist for Complex Systems<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1113042269\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1115206299\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2882987888\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"lead\">I help companies understand, stabilize, and evolve complex software systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Most systems don\u2019t fail because of missing features \u2014<br \/>they fail because no one fully understands them anymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">That\u2019s where I come in.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2882987888 {\n  color: rgb(74, 78, 105);\n}\n#text-2882987888 > * {\n  color: rgb(74, 78, 105);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1774232897 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_634611240\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ux-shape-divider ux-shape-divider--top ux-shape-divider--style-arrow\">\n\t\t<svg viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"ux-shape-fill\" d=\"M1000 100H0L0 96H483L500 79L517 96H1000V100Z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1503668392\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1150503445\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(26, 54, 93);\">HOW I THINK<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1735670092\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"lead\">Most systems don\u2019t fail because of missing features.<br \/>\nThey fail because complexity is no longer understood.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1735670092 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-large\"  id=\"row-1335333291\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-655031185\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-center text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-img\" style=\"width: 60px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-inner\" style=\"color:rgb(46, 196, 182);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 640 640\"><!--! 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refactoring<\/li>\n<li>CMS UX &amp; authoring optimization<\/li>\n<li>Architecture recovery &amp; system stabilization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #1a365d;\">Monkey4Business<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Monkey4Business represents a developer-driven approach to digital systems.<br \/>Not just delivering projects \u2014 but building systems that actually last.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #1a365d;\">Core Principle<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Most systems don\u2019t fail because of missing features.<br \/>They fail because no one understands them anymore.<br \/>That\u2019s exactly where I come in.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1851552483 > .col-inner {\n  max-width: 900px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2041850729 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#section_2041850729 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_2041850729 .ux-shape-divider--bottom .ux-shape-fill {\n  fill: rgb(26, 54, 93);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1728552941\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1978568655\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1316386790\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" style=\"margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:60px;\"><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Your system doesn\u2019t need more code. It needs clarity.<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3801253629\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"lead\">If your system feels complex, risky, or hard to evolve \u2014<br \/>\nlet\u2019s take a structured look at it.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3801253629 {\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(226, 232, 240);\n}\n#text-3801253629 > * {\n  color: rgb(226, 232, 240);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2045971082\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-303393758\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<a data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\" href=\"\/de\/booking\/\" class=\"button secondary is-gloss box-shadow-3 box-shadow-5-hover\" style=\"border-radius:5px;\">\n\t<i class=\"icon-phone\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t<span>Book a Call<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n<a data-animate=\"fadeInRight\" href=\"\/de\/approach\/\" class=\"button white is-outline is-small box-shadow-3 box-shadow-5-hover\" style=\"border-radius:5px;\">\n\t<i class=\"icon-search\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t<span>See How I Work<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2987422457\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>15 minutes. 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