App Router expertise that ships
Splitting work across several freelancers creates handoff problems. Keeping it with one accountable engineer or small pod protects both quality and pace.
Discovery stays short and specific: users, data, and risks. After that we build the critical path first and strengthen it from there.
Most people who reach this page are teams hiring a specialist Next.js developer. Next.js App Router, server components, metadata, and production deployment patterns.
What you get
- App Router architectures
- SSR/SSG/ISR strategy
- SEO metadata systems
- Edge-ready deployments
- One studio accountable for the result
- Design and engineering on the same schedule
- Support available after launch
How engagement works
As your Next.js developer, we run a shared backlog, design reviews, and engineering sprints, and you keep one point of contact throughout.
- 01
Discover
Goals, constraints, data sources, and success metrics, all settled before we touch architecture or prompts. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. On Next.js development projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. The work for teams in Berlin stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. You see progress on the critical path every week.
How we build it, and why
The stack is chosen per project, not applied from a template. For Next.js developer work these are the defaults, and the reason each one is on the list.
- Next.js
- server rendering and static generation in one framework, so marketing pages stay fast and app routes stay dynamic
- React
- the component model most teams can already hire for and maintain
- TypeScript
- types across the whole stack, which catches the class of bug that only shows up in production
- Vercel
- preview deploys on every branch, so review happens on a real URL instead of a screenshot
- Tailwind
- design decisions stay in the markup, so the CSS does not grow faster than the product
What the first weeks look like
- Days 1-3
Context and constraints
Codebase, deploy path, and what "done" means for the Next.js development. Short, because the useful version of this is specific.
- Week 1
First shipped slice
Something real goes out in the first week — app router architectures rather than a setup ticket.
- Weeks 2-6
Build to the milestone
Pull requests, reviews, and weekly demos. You see the work as it happens rather than at a handover meeting.
- Handover
Documented and transferable
Runbooks, architecture notes, and a walkthrough, so the work does not depend on us still being here.
Weighing up your options
There are three realistic ways to get this built. Each is the right answer for someone.
A solo freelancer
Cheapest per hour and fine for a contained task. The risk on Next.js development is breadth — one person covering design, backend, infrastructure, and launch usually means one of them is weak, and there is no cover when they are unavailable.
A local agency in Berlin
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying Berlin startups hiring for shipping speed and modern stacks. rates for the whole team including the layers that never touch your Next.js development, and a local shortlist is a small shortlist.
Arcode
A small senior team. The people who scope the Next.js development write the code, you get weekly demos instead of status decks, and the engagement ends when the thing is live and handed over.
Work we have shipped
Quickee UI Library
Design system · Tailwind
Tailwind component library for React and Next.js with reusable UI patterns inspired by Tailwind UI.
Code Band component kit providing a variety of production-ready Tailwind components with Redux-friendly patterns for React and Next.js apps.
- · Reusable Tailwind components
- · React and Next.js ready
- · Consistent interaction patterns
- · Faster UI assembly across projects
React · Next.js · Tailwind · Redux
CRM Dashboard
Frontend · Analytics
Customer relationship dashboard with management workflows and data visualization on Next.js.
Freelance CRM surface for managing relationships and visualizing key metrics, deployed on Vercel.
- · CRM management views
- · Data visualization
- · Responsive dashboard layout
- · Vercel deployment
Next.js · React · Tailwind · Vercel
Agile IT Blog
Frontend · Astro
Performance-minded blog maintained in Astro with Markdown, Tailwind, and modular content integrations.
Stellar Stack content site where I improved performance and scalability across modular Astro components and data integrations.
- · Astro static content pipeline
- · Markdown-driven posts
- · Modular component structure
- · Performance and scalability pass
Astro · Markdown · Tailwind · SCSS
Working with teams in Berlin
Berlin startups hiring for shipping speed and modern stacks. We work with clients in Berlin remotely and keep overlapping hours in CET/CEST. We usually collaborate in German/English.
How we work with Berlin teams
Berlin is three to four hours behind us, so there is a full shared afternoon. Berlin teams tend to move fast and decide in writing, which suits the way we run a backlog.
What Berlin clients usually need
Berlin is the most startup-weighted market we work in outside the US: early-stage products that need to be live before the next raise, and AI features added to products that already have traction.
Contracts, data, and compliance
We invoice in EUR with reverse-charge VAT. GDPR is scoped into the build, with EU-hosted data by default and a DPA provided as standard rather than on request.
