About Me
Hey there 👋
I lead native app development at CHECK24 Profis in Berlin — architecting apps that millions rely on, growing engineering teams, and setting technical direction that scales.
I've been writing mobile code for 15 years — long enough to have opinions, but hopefully wise enough to know when to let them go. Android, iOS, Kotlin, Swift — the platform matters less than the craft. Clean architecture, fast builds, and apps that don't make users wait. That's the stuff that gets me out of bed.
Most of my energy goes into developer experience. If something is slow, automate it. If something is confusing, document it. If something is broken, fix it before anyone has to file a ticket. The best infrastructure is the kind nobody notices because it just works.
I maintain a bunch of open-source projects — some useful, some experiments, all labors of love. Building tools that save other developers five minutes a day? That compounds into something meaningful.
What I care about
Performance isn't a feature — it's respect for the user's time. I obsess over cold start times, first frame rendering, and shaving bytes where it matters. Every millisecond is earned.
I believe in multiplying through people. The best code I can write is the code that teaches someone else to write better code. Lead by example, document the why, and trust your team to figure out the how.
Also: I self-host everything I can. There's something deeply satisfying about owning your stack and understanding every layer of it.
Current interests
Beyond the keyboard
Dad to a toddler, which has taught me more about patience, incremental progress, and graceful failure recovery than any production incident. Turns out kids are the ultimate integration test.
I'm always happy to chat about native development, team building, or the eternal quest for faster builds. If you're working on something interesting or just want to swap war stories about debugging obscure platform issues — drop me a line.
— Cheers from Berlin