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K e v i n
K r a e m e r

Full-stack developer

former risk analyst

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I like making things simpler. I started coding with Python at university to automate repetitive Excel work, and that mindset eventually took me from financial risk analysis into full-stack development. Today I build simple, thoughtful products and obsess over the details most people miss.

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intro

My career began in finance. I started out as a financial risk analyst in a very small company. Automation was essential and there was little room to hide behind process or hierarchy. That environment fostered independence and taught me to take initiative.

current role

Currently, I work as a full-stack developer in a company that is represented globally. I work once again within a small team that is developing a free web application to assist small businesses and startups with their management of intellectual property.

I enjoy shipping features, making quick iterations, and laughing while we try new things, break things, and improve as a team. Little bit of chaos keeps things interesting.

philosophy

My finance background shapes how I see software. In markets, nobody has perfect information. Prices move because people are constantly learning and adjusting. Building products feels the same to me.

As such, I focus on building solutions that favor a balance of clear constraints and flexibility. Markets and nature share a pattern: fractals . Complex structures emerge from simple rules.

In the end, I follow the mindset of getting something working quickly from A to B and then investing time to improve and polish it. Quick iteration beats perfect planning.

beyond code

When I'm not coding, you'll find me cycling through the Luxembourg countryside or tinkering with my home lab. I believe in continuous learning - currently exploring Rust and systems programming.

I'm also an avid reader of finance and economics, which informs how I think about building sustainable software products. The best code is code that doesn't need to be written.

./showcase.sh
cat tech.json | jq
$ uptime && ./status.sh
ACTIVE PROCESSES
cycling Luxembourg
slay-the-spire-2 playing
go-backend learning
ui-ux-design studying
nextbite shipping
nextbite.kevinkraemer.com
DAILY METRICS
NEXTBITE features
COFFEE 1 cup
PASTRY pain au chocolat
STATUS seeking investments
TS +4.12% | RUST +1.88% | GO +2.40% | K8S -0.21% | NEXT +0.74% | COFFEE +100% | CHESS ELO 1200 | CYCLING PR SET |
PORTFOLIO
MARKET CLOSED
Technology positions portfolio showing symbols, positions, experience, returns, and status
SYMBOL POS EXP RETURN STATUS
SOLIDJS LONG 1.0Y +167.5%
GO LONG 1.5Y +89.4%
REACT LONG 1.5Y +124.8%
C# LONG 8.0Y +247.3%
TS LONG 5.0Y +156.2%
ASTRO WATCH 0.5Y +134.2%
GLEAM WATCH 0.5Y +23.1%
PYTHON CLOSED 3.0Y REALIZED
ANGULAR CLOSED 4.0Y REALIZED
F# CLOSED 0.5Y REALIZED
POSITIONS 5 ACTIVE 2 watch, 3 closed
AVG HOLD 3.4 YEARS active positions
RETURN +158.4% avg active
BETA 1.20 early adopter
SHARPE 1.85 risk-adjusted
ALPHA +42bps vs market
echo "Get in touch"

Interested in working together or just want to talk shop? I'm always open to discussing new projects and opportunities.

kraemer.kevin747@gmail.com

Based in Luxembourg