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Hey, I’m René. I build fast, weirdly practical things for the web.

Software engineer and freelance developer. I like WordPress when it behaves, PHP when it’s typed, and frontends that load before you finish blinking. This site is my lab notebook, project shelf, and occasional rant depot.

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Last updated Aug 23, 2025 · Render mode Chunky

Currently building

A quieter publishing workflow and more weird themes like this one.

About

Bio

I’ve been shipping web things for years — mostly WordPress, mostly for people who want sites that work on Tuesday, not just on launch day. I care about performance, boringly reliable deploys, and UIs that feel like someone actually sat with them.

When I’m not freelancing, I’m probably refactoring something I should leave alone, or writing notes here about whatever broke in production and how we fixed it.

  • Performance-first builds
  • Bedrock / modern WordPress
  • Dry humor included at no extra cost

Stack / tools

CLI 
> WordPress (Bedrock)
> PHP 8+
> Vanilla JS
> CSS with opinions
> Linux servers
> Git
> Composer
> _

Projects

Selected

renekirk.com

Live

This site. Bedrock WordPress, custom themes, and enough CSS borders to register on a seismograph.

2026

Side experiments

WIP

Small tools, automations, and ideas that may never ship. Most are useful anyway.

Notes / blog

Fresh

Occasional writing about WordPress, dev workflow, and things I learned the hard way.

Note

Linkable

Ever found yourself manually adding internal links in WordPress posts? Yeah, same.And I hated it. I kept thinking:“Why isn’t there a simple plugin that just lets me define…

Note

Push notification directly using PHP

Push notifications are a powerful way to keep yourself or others updated in real-time. With ntfy.sh, you get a simple and efficient solution for sending notifications without complex…

Note

My customized Git-commands

git add . git commit -m “Writing a descriptive commit message” (whops, I forgot to start with “minor”, “feat” or “feature” or even “fix”) git push Booooring 🥱…

Note

Creativity Is Dead

Maybe that’s a bit harsh, but let me explain my thoughts. Musicians, graphic designers, journalists, programmers – yeah, you name it. Everybody are joining the Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

Contact

Open

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