For my second semester project, I continued working on HomeBudget+, the offline budgeting app I originally built in Semester 1. The first version could track expenses and income, but categories had to be selected manually and recurring payments had to be entered again every month. This semester, I extended the app with automatic categorization, recurring […]

When building an app, it is very easy to put everything into one big backend. At the beginning this feels simple. One server, one API, one place for all logic. But after a while, the backend starts doing things it was never really meant to do. Redirects, small integrations, tracking, webhook handling, feedback forms and […]

As someone who spends a lot of time designing websites and apps, I’m always looking for inspiration. Not in the sense of copying other people’s work, but in understanding why certain designs work so well. Why does a landing page immediately feel intuitive? Why does a navigation menu make sense without thinking about it? Why […]

I chose this topic because before writing this blog, I honestly didn’t really understand how websites actually get found on Google. I also didn’t know what you can do to improve visibility or why some websites show up everywhere while others basically don’t exist in search results. A lot of people think that once you […]

For this project, I had the opportunity to create a completely new website for RKZ Metall Design GmbH. RKZ is an Austrian company based in Lower Austria that specializes in professional flood protection solutions for windows and doors, as well as custom-made solutions for special situations. This project was especially interesting for me because my […]

In this project, I worked on redesigning Swiva and creating a style guide to make our design process more consistent and structured. Swiva is an app that focuses on reducing decision fatigue in everyday life. The idea is simple: users collect things they would like to do, organize them into lists, and when they don’t […]

For this project, I worked on an AI feature for Swiva, my React Native app for saving activities, places and ideas. The basic idea of Swiva is simple: users collect things they want to try, organize them in lists and later swipe through them when they do not know what to do. One feature we […]

Recently I started testing an idea I saw on X: using Agent Device from Callstack for automated performance testing. I had already seen Agent Device before, because I also use Callstack’s React Native on-device AI package and follow some of their work. But the performance testing use case really caught my attention. The idea was […]