I am a specialist in multiple 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
see all 👉Experienced remote collaborator
I work remotely in various scenarios: as a solo operator, as part of a team, and leading a distributed team. My autonomous and transparent work style includes:
- meticulous time tracking
- documentation of decisions and processes
- a friendly, approachable, but goal-oriented collaboration style
- experienced in asynchronous communication
- used to agency and "white label" 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
- flight connections to many European cities
AI and automations
I use AI and automations extensively in several ways.
Like everyone else, I hate slop.
- Superpowered software development with Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, Conductor, and OpenCode
- Provider-agnostic AI on the command line working on local data that you own - less vendor lock-in
- Automations combining cheap & reliable scripting and n8n workflows with AI's capabilities
- Web site editing workflows using voice commands, with each change checked into a GitHub repository
- AI-assisted image editing for advertising
Fluent in several languages & cultures
I speak and write native German and Finnish, English at near native level, and Spanish.
Through daily interactions, extended stays and a 4-year study program I have developed great fluency in the Anglo world and many of its cultures and discourses.
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
Born in Finland in 1980 and raised 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 the value of getting things done, an aversion to waste of time or resources, and a deep sense of responsibility.
I am a nature lover. My passions include 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 believe in thriving self-employment and entrepreneurship as one of the pillars of a free and healthy society.
"dove c'è lo Spirito del Signore, c'è libertà"
2 Corinthians 3:17