I am a specialist in several web and creative disciplines with an entrepreneurial mindset, a deep sense of responsibility, and extensive experience working as a solo operator as well as part of a team.
Recent work
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Project: Booking System Web App with Laravel
I redeveloped the booking system for a nationwide rental chain, using Laravel 12, the rapid application development framework Filament, and various other frameworks from the Laravel ecosystem. The system features separate login areas for rental stations, administrators, and end customers, booking of available vehicles, generation of contract PDFs, interactive booking calendars, and much more.
Experienced remote worker
I work remotely in various scenarios: as a solo contributor, as part of a team, and leading a distributed team. My autonomous and transparent work style includes:
- meticulous time tracking
- clear, comprehensive briefings
- documentation of decisions and processes
- a warm, approachable, but goal-oriented collaboration style
- experienced in timezone-aware and asynchronous communication
- registered as a freelancer (autónomo) in Spain allowing for long term cross-border work relationships as well as individual projects
- used to agency and "white label" work
Work philosophy
Modern audiences expect ultra-fast, frictionless experiences, both online and offline. Make your point within the blink of an eye - or you might not get a second chance.
That's why building things that are fast, fun, easy to understand, and engaging to use has become my #1 priority in design, marketing and technology - safely, within a budget, with a solid architecture, while avoiding silos and unnecessary dependencies as much as possible.
I hugely enjoy using AI in software development, planning, and strategy - tools like Conductor that allow having multiple agents and models work on separate Git worktrees in a code base, with total human control over the output, have fundamentally transformed the way I work.
Off-grid Canary Islands office
I work from an off-grid finca near Arrieta (Lanzarote) where I enjoy
- a dedicated office and meeting room
- encrypted data on work machines and backups
- daily backups on site and in the cloud
- plenty of Internet connectivity
- flight connections to many European cities
Fluent in several languages & cultures
I speak and write native German and Finnish, English at near native level, and Spanish. Through extended stays and deep connections to Britain and the US, as well as a 4-year program in Interdisciplinary American Studies, I have developed great fluency in the English-speaking world and many of its cultures and discourses. I've written:
- Hundreds of thousands of words of copy in German and English
- 7,000 programming answers on Stack Overflow
- Community discourse and feature requests on Meta Stack Overflow
Online presence
I am known for friendly, constructive, thoroughly researched contributions in various online communities:
- In the Autónom@s & self-employed in Spain and Remote Work Spain groups
- In local resident groups for Lanzarote (English, German), for Germans in Spain
- Long-time global top #10 user with 6,900 answers on Stack Overflow
- On Meta Stack Overflow, helping shape community culture, some of which I have documented in the "volunteering" section on my LinkedIn profile
- Previously on PHP-Resource, one of the largest German-language PHP forums
Personal background
I was born in Finland in 1980 and grew up in Germany. I moved to the Canary Islands in 2014, embarking on an adventure of a lifetime that continues to this day, slowly renovating an old off-the-grid house, enjoying a wonderful, tight-knit tiny community, and working remotely for clients around the world.
Growing up in the middle of a southern German family startup has taught me getting things done, flexibility, a deep sense of responsibility, and an aversion towards wasting time or resources.
I am a nature lover. My passions are drawing, illustrating comics, painting, and writing texts and stories.
On my large finca, I spend much of my time working on various construction projects, and small first steps at seriously growing food.
I love to see thriving self-employment and entrepreneurship. This is why I am working on Autonomotools and giving advice in several freelance communities.
"dove c'è lo Spirito del Signore, c'è libertà"
2 Corinthians 3:17