About me

Hi there! My name is Kevin Renskers, and I’m a creative software developer with a passion for good usability and great design. I love working on intuitive, user friendly interfaces and their APIs.

I created my first website in 2000, and got my first job as a PHP developer in 2001. In 2009 I switched to Python and Django, and in 2010 I created my first iOS app. I’ve been a fully remote freelance software developer since 2016, working for international clients such as CBS, Last.fm, Sentry, WeTransfer, Unilever, and Emmy and Oscar winner Sound Radix. In 2023 I switched my focus from doing mostly iOS work back towards the open web.

My hobbies and interests include playing PC games, playing Dungeons & Dragons, watching tv shows (a list of my all-time favs can be found on IMDB), cooking, photography and architecture.

I’m drawn to tightly designed, single-player story-driven games and deep strategy where decisions actually matter. If a game leans on battle passes, “end-game content”, loot treadmills, or 400 identical map icons to clear, it’s probably not for me. Some of my all-time favorites include The Last of Us, Lies of P, Uncharted, Crusader Kings III, Europa Universalis IV, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Brotato, Rainbow Six Vegas, Titanfall 2, Dishonored, Hades, No Rest for the Wicked, and No One Lives Forever.

I built Critical Notes, I maintain a bunch of open source projects, and I’m a member of the Django Software Foundation.

I choose cats over dogs, tea over coffee, and winter over summer. I’ve lived in Iceland for almost four years, and my favorite foods are ramen, hamburgers, tacos, and Thai.

You can reach me via email at kevin@loopwerk.io, and on Mastodon.