About me

I'm a self-taught Design Engineer bridging design and code to build digital products that solve real problems. Two-time co-founder with 8+ years of experience designing and building products.

If you wish, you can read my whole story down below.

How I work

I use AI across the whole product cycle, except where my own craft adds the most value.

  1. Discovery

    I use AI to synthesize research, map competitors and pressure-test assumptions before a single screen exists.

  2. Strategy & UX flows

    AI is my sparring partner for user flows, edge cases and business trade-offs. It brings breadth; I bring judgement.

  3. UI Design

    The one stage I keep fully hands-on. Interface craft is where I add the most value, so I design every screen myself in Figma.

  4. Build

    I pair with AI agents in Cursor and Claude, to scaffold, refactor and test. That frees my time for architecture and the details users actually notice.

  5. Feedback & Iteration

    AI helps me cluster user feedback and spot patterns in data, turning them into a prioritized backlog in Linear.

Tech stack & Devices

Design.
Figma.
Build.
React, TypeScript, TanStack Start (SSR), TanStack (Query, Form, Table), Better Auth, Neon (Postgres), Better Drizzle adapter for Drizzle ORM, Resend, Biome.
Workflow.
Linear, Cursor, Claude Code.
Device.
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro, 18GB unified memory).

Last books

  • The Lean Startup. Eric Ries.
  • T2D3. Stijn Hendrikse & Mike Northfield.
  • Refactoring UI. Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger.
  • Domain-Driven Design. Eric Evans. (Reading)

My Story

I built my first websites at 17, teaching myself HTML and CSS. I didn't know it yet, but that was the start of everything that followed.

For seven years I co-ran a local services business while studying economics part-time. I handled the finances, and from 2018 I took on the digital side: a website and inbound strategy that made us visible and brought in leads, automations, and internal tools that helped us deliver faster. COVID closed it in 2020. It taught me how a business works end to end, and that the best software solves a real operational problem.

I finished my economics degree in February 2021, after eight years of studying part-time alongside running a business.

In 2021 I co-founded another company where we built an MVP platform to manage procedures in the electricity market, one of the most old-fashioned markets there is. This time I was involved in the whole product cycle: ideation, UX/UI, development and user feedback. Even though we closed important deals, we were not getting enough traction, so we decided to close after two and a half years: the market wasn't ready for digitalization, and established players pushed back against the change. I learned that market timing and stakeholder buy-in matter as much as the product itself. And the startup ecosystem became my home.

In 2023 I joined Entreprelearners (B2B SaaS platform where people can identify and develop their true skills) as Design Engineer, running the whole product cycle and owning front-end development. There, I learned to ship product as part of a team with a long B2B sales cycle. I also significantly improved my skills, thanks to the CEO, a true leader who always pushed me beyond my limits to help me grow.

Everything I know about product design and development I taught myself, and I love learning something new every day. I learn, build and document in English.

On my free time, I produce electronic music and climb mountains. Both, like product work, reward patience, iteration and a lot of failed attempts.