I'm Ralph, a freelance product engineer from the Netherlands. I build software for the web and for Apple platforms, with a strong focus on engineering quality and design.

I started out building websites and themes. Over the years my work moved to Laravel, Filament and Livewire, developing an eye for interface design and motion along the way. Lately with AI, more of my time goes to architecture and quality, broadening myself across the stack.

Over time, I have worked for many clients, each with its own interesting environment and constraints, ranging from small-scale startups to large enterprises.

Next to client work, I run Filament Plugins. I sell eight premium plugins there and build and support each of them myself, crossing over 1.25M installs recently. I am a top-5 contributor to Filament and maintain several open-source packages of my own.

I hold an MSc in Information Management, which complements my experience as a software engineer.

Questions about a plugin, a package or something I wrote? Email me at [email protected].

– Ralph J. Smit