Freelance web development near Amsterdam
I am Merijn van Wouden, a freelance web developer in Zaandam, next to Amsterdam. I build web applications, integrations and tools for everyday work.
From an idea to something people use
I work on the interface and the software behind it. That includes new applications, taking over existing products and connecting systems that were not designed together. I like UX puzzles, especially in tools people use every day.
Svelte and Convex are favourites. I also work with React, Node.js and other technologies when they fit the project. The choice follows the users, the existing system and the work that needs to be done.
Examples
For ThuiszorgInHolland I worked on an app connected to AFAS, where payroll information determines access. Multihaarden combines a web shop, a headless CMS and payments. Guidesty is a group travel planner where everyone edits the same itinerary.
Zaandam, Amsterdam and further afield
My base is Zaandam, next to Amsterdam. I work in Dutch and English. Tell me what you want to build, what already exists and where you are getting stuck.
Technologies
SvelteKit · React · Node.js · Convex
Selected work
- Employee and client app for a home-care organisation, keyed to AFAS
One app for care workers, clients and applicants, with no database of its own: the website is the backend, and who may log in is decided by an hourly sync from the AFAS payroll system.
- Web shop and headless CMS for a fireplace retailer
A shop for bio-ethanol, electric and garden fireplaces, built on a platform I already had: a SvelteKit front on Vercel, a Node API on App Engine, a schema-driven CMS, and Mollie for the money.
- Guidesty, a group travel planner
A trip planner a group edits together: an itinerary board on a map, polls, a shared budget, lists and a chat, with an AI that drafts the days. Still being built.
Working together
I work from Zaandam, next to Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Tell me what you want to build, what already exists and where you are getting stuck.
Email me at m [at] hacktis.ch.