developer designer tinkerer maker

Hello, I'm Maxi 👋

Product engineer exploring the intersection of AI and personal local-first apps.
Previously helped build a personal AI powered browser called Surf ↗ at Deta

About

I am a 23 year old developer & designer from the south of Germany / Switzerland who loves working on open-source projects ↗ and building products on the internet .

Getting started by hacking on random ideas a few years ago, I slowly found my way into web development and product design, and have been stuck ever since.

I'm also an avid photographer and love taking pictures ↗ while hiking in the alps.

Journey

  • Exploring new ideas

    Exploring ideas on my own again and looking for new opportunities

    2026

  • Building Surf at Deta

    Working at Deta as a product engineer and helping build Surf

    2025

  • Moved to Berlin

    Moved to Berlin to work with the Deta team in person

    2023

  • Joined Deta

    Joined Deta as a software engineer

    2022

  • Finished high school

    Finished my Abitur in Germany

    2022

  • Joined Packmatic

    Worked as a part-time frontend developer

    2021

  • Launched WebCrate

    Built a bookmarking app and launched it on Product Hunt and HN

    2021

  • OSS work

    Created multipe OSS projects & received my first sponsors

    2021

  • Freelance developer

    Worked as a freelance software developer

    2021

  • Email forwarding service

    Built my own email forwarding service to keep my inbox clean

    2020

  • Learned to program

    Taught myself how to program by building various projects

    2019

Toolbox

Technologies and tools I use on a regular basis.

  • .html
  • .ts
  • .css
  • .svelte
  • .astro
  • .go
  • .git
  • .sh
  • .fig

Projects

My most recent internet projects and products I worked on.

  • Oasis

    Capture anything to your digital garden and let ideas grow, connect, and resurface

    wip

  • AI Radio Station

    Listen to your Spotify playlists with an AI radio host being your personal DJ

    2026

  • MailPal

    Email forwarding service on Cloudflare Workers that protects your inbox and privacy

    2026

  • Cinelist

    A lightweight, installable (PWA) movie & TV watchlist for personal use

    2026

  • Pagelight AI

    Turns articles into beautifully designed pieces with animated charts throughout it

    2026

  • Deta Surf

    AI notebook/browser that brings your data and the web into your stream of thought

    2025

  • Deta Space OS & Horizon

    Web based personal cloud with spatial computing interface

    2024

  • Weeks

    Task board for your weekly and daily to-dos

    2023

  • Deta Space

    One of a kind personal cloud and developer environment

    2022

  • WebCrate

    Group, organize and share links from around the web

    2021

  • repo-file-sync-action

    GitHub Action that keeps files in sync between repositories

    2021

  • Aletsch

    Your own private and secure VPN, setup in minutes and managed with ease

    2021

  • Mailpal v1

    Protects your inbox & privacy with email forwarding

    2020

More projects and experiments can be found on my GitHub ↗

Connect

On the internet you can find me as @BetaHuhn - feel free to reach out!

  • Twitter

    DM me, always happy to chat with interesting people

  • GitHub

    Follow my progress or contribute to my projects

  • LinkedIn

    Connect with me the traditional way

  • E-Mail

    Shoot me an email at hello[at]mxis(dot)ch