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Index · MMXXVI Zwolle, NL

Built with precision. Shipped clean.

Bram van Zwolle — Full-Stack Developer & Product Owner.

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01 / About

Profile — a short interview

I've spent a decade shipping SaaS: as the engineer who wrote the code, and as the product owner who decided it was good enough to leave my hands. 10+ years building products from zero to production. Both roles taught me the same lesson — restraint is a feature. Most products fail because they keep adding. Mine don't.

I work in small, deliberate teams. I don't chase frameworks. I chase the quiet satisfaction of a product that does one thing so well nobody thinks about it. If you've ever opened an app and forgot you were in an app — that's the point.

Everything I build is built twice. Once to understand it. Once to finish it.

Based Zwolle — working across Europe NL · EU

$ git log --oneline --author="Bram van Zwolle"> 10 years of commits> full-stack to product, no handoff> ships what he scopes

$ uptime: — days as engineer

02 / Work

Three products, built to last — each shipped, each still earning its keep.

Project 01 — Live

Atrium / 2024

A quiet tool for architecture studios: proposal drafting, time, and invoicing under a single, opinionated spine. No plugins, no modules — one way to do it, done well.

TypeScriptRemixPostgresStripe

RoleFounding engineer

Users~1,200 studios

StatusShipped & scaling

Problem: Architecture studios were stitching together six tools to run a project from pitch to invoice.
Solution: One spine: proposal, hours, and invoicing behind a single keyboard-first UI — no plugins, no configuration.
Result: ~1,200 studios onboarded; average time-to-invoice down from 11 days to under 48 hours.

4 : 3 · product

Atrium · proposals dashboard

Project 02 — Live

Halfbeat / 2023

Scheduling for independent clinics that refuses to feel like medical software. Two screens, nine shortcuts, zero settings. Practitioners moved from twenty-minute bookings to four.

GoSvelteKitPostgresNATS

RoleProduct owner + engineer

Users340+ clinics

StatusProfitable · 2023–

Problem: Independent clinics treated booking software as a chore — slow, cluttered, and designed for institutions.
Solution: Two screens, nine shortcuts, zero settings. A scheduler that feels like a notebook, not a CRM.
Result: Booking time dropped from ~20 min to under 4; 340+ clinics active, profitable since launch.

4 : 3 · product

Halfbeat · week view

Project 03 — Beta

Ledgerknife / 2026

A finance workspace for solo founders. Spreadsheet speed, accountant rigor. Built on the premise that every line of a P&L deserves a keyboard shortcut.

Rust · WASMReactSQLiteTauri

RoleSolo · founding

UsersPrivate beta · 80

StatusClosed beta · Q3

Problem: Solo founders were stuck between spreadsheets that break and accounting apps that overwhelm.
Solution: A local-first finance workspace with spreadsheet speed and accountant rigor — every line a shortcut away.
Result: Private beta with 80 founders; median session saves 40 min over prior stack.

4 : 3 · product

Ledgerknife · ledger view

03 / Expertise

Working principles

Not a skills bar. A position on how software should be made.

01 I build SaaS products that don't need a manual — if you have to explain it, I haven't finished. Product · UX
02 Every surface earns its place. Decoration is a tax users pay forever. Interface · Craft
03 I write full-stack because the seams are where bad software is born. TypeScript · Go · Rust
04 As a product owner, I say no more than I say yes. That's the job. Roadmap · Scope
05 Speed is a feeling. I optimise for the feel of the cursor, not the benchmarks. Performance · Feel
06 I ship small teams — two to four. If it needs more people, the idea is too big. Teams · Scale

Credentials

PSPO I

Professional Scrum
Product Owner

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PSPO II

Professional Scrum
Product Owner

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Stack

The tools I reach for without thinking.

Lv№ 01

Laravel

Where I learned to ship. Still my scalpel for CRUD-heavy product work.

BeginnerExpert

BackendPHP 8 · Livewire

Ts№ 02

TypeScript

The contract I write with my future self. Every project, no exceptions.

BeginnerExpert

LanguageEverywhere

Re№ 03

React

Default interface layer. Used carefully — state is a liability, not a feature.

BeginnerExpert

FrontendRemix · Next

Rs№ 04

Rust

For the parts where the user can feel every millisecond. Ledgerknife's engine.

BeginnerExpert

SystemsWASM · Tauri

Pg№ 05

Postgres

The only database I trust. Schemas are opinions; mine are opinionated.

BeginnerExpert

DataSQL · Drizzle

Go№ 06

Go

When the service needs to be boring, fast, and stay up. Halfbeat's backbone.

BeginnerExpert

BackendAPIs · Workers

Sv№ 07

Svelte

When React is too much. The interface disappears and the product speaks.

BeginnerExpert

FrontendKit · Runes

Aw№ 08

AWS

Infra without adventure. Boring, predictable, mostly invisible — as it should be.

BeginnerExpert

InfraECS · RDS · S3

04 / Contact

Correspondence

Let's talk.

bram@vanzwolle.net

Response Within two working days. Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00 CET. Slower on weekends — I read, but rarely respond.
Elsewhere Find me under the same name, everywhere.
Read.cv ↗ GitHub ↗ LinkedIn ↗
Download CV ↓
Based Zwolle, NL — working remote. Available across Europe. Timezone: CET. Travel possible for the right engagement.