I'm Matthias Schaffer.

Background

I grew up in Austria and live with my family between Graz and Berlin. For nearly twenty years I've been working as a freelance web developer – remotely, project-based, without an agency structure around me.

What keeps me in this work: the combination of craft precision and genuine problem-solving. I write code that works, that can be maintained, and that won't make the next developer despair. That sounds obvious – but it isn't.

Outside of web development I write songs and play guitar and piano. Those who think that has nothing to do with code are mistaken – both rely on structure, precision and finding exactly the right thing in exactly the right place.

How I work

1. Direct and without detours

   When you work with me, you work with me – not with an account manager who passes things on. I read the problems myself, think things through myself and implement things myself.

2. Honest about effort and feasibility

   I tell you what's realistic – even if that means a smaller project is the more sensible starting point. Long-term collaboration only works on an honest basis.

3. Technically deep, communicatively clear

   I can solve complex technical problems and still explain them in a way that someone without a development background understands what's happening and why.

4. Remote and reliable

   I've been working remotely for nearly twenty years – it's not a workaround, it's simply how I work. Availability, reliability and clear communication are not extras, they're the foundation.

What I've worked on

Over nearly twenty years, a wide range of projects have come together – for agencies, designers and businesses across the DACH region and beyond.

Many of these projects ran through agencies and design studios – I was the technical implementer in the background. That kind of collaboration suits me well: clear tasks, direct contact with the creative lead, clean execution.

What I work with

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