Thomas Brink · Freelance developer since 2025

Between the problem, the client and the code.

I sit down with the people who do the work, get the problem clear, build a demo, help sell it, and build the real thing.

Freelancing since late summer 2025 also taught me sales, pitching, client contact and running a small business.

Looking forConsultancy or forward deployed engineer roles
GitHub ↗ getplanned.nl ↗

How I work

1 · UnderstandMap the real process

An afternoon with the Brinkmann & Niemeijer team, mapping their work orders.

2 · DemoBuild it small, fast

At Studio Raya, my first demo for recruitment client Daan became the base of their web app.

3 · PitchHelp win the deal

Two pitches at Brinkmann & Niemeijer became a paid assignment.

4 · ShipBuild and run it

Planned is live in the App Store with about 30 users.

Work

2025 – now
Flagship

Planned for Bouw Samen

Live in App Store~30 usersStaffing agency, Groningen

I built and launched a complete mobile app and web app that runs Bouw Samen's operations. The Play Store release is next.

  • Scheduling jobs, worker availability, hours management and invoicing in one system.
  • It is also their sales tool, with a CRM and click-to-call through Voys.
  • A lead pipeline that scrapes companies and qualifies them.
ExpoReact NativeTypeScriptConvexClerkNext.jsVoys

Worker and lead names are blurred for privacy.

Automation · Platform

Recruitment automation at Studio Raya

In use50–80 users~4 months

I built n8n automations for recruiters. The input is a LinkedIn profile or a PDF CV. The output is something the recruiter can use right away:

  • a list of matching companies in the region, with a match score
  • ready-to-send CV variants
  • an assessment of the candidate against a vacancy, covering wishes and dealbreakers

Around these workflows I built RecruiterHub, a multi-tenant platform where recruiting agencies run them on their own, each under its own brand. Between 50 and 80 recruiters use it. It includes AI CV parsing with Azure Document Intelligence and GPT-4o, per-tool access and usage limits, Google Drive uploads, vacancy scraping and a CV builder. It is GDPR-compliant, with data separated per organisation, two-factor login, audit logs and processing only inside the EU.

Recruitment web app for Daan. For Daan, a recruitment client of Studio Raya, I got the problem clear and built the first working demo. Their current web app is built on that demo.

n8nNext.jsSupabasePostgreSQLAzure OpenAIAzure Document IntelligenceVitest

Screenshots show demo data.

Discovery · Demo

Brinkmann & Niemeijer

Assignment wonBuild handed over

I spent an afternoon with their staff mapping the full work order process, built a small demo on top of it and pitched it with the team twice. It became a paid assignment. My part was the start-up phase. I handed over the production build because I was going travelling.

Side projects

Brand-to-website generatorA workflow that scans a company's visual identity and builds a website that matches it.
Own server on HetznerHosts my tools, automations and experiments.
WhatsApp chatbotsExperiments with AI agents that talk to workers and customers in WhatsApp.
Self-hosted AI modelsRunning open models on my own hardware.

Skills

Client side
Discovery sessions, process mapping, demos, pitching, sales
Building
Expo, React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, Convex, Supabase, App Store releases
Automation & AI
n8n, LLM workflows, scraping and lead qualification, WhatsApp bots
Business
Freelancing as Go Coding: quotes, contracts, planning and support