01/05Frontend
Building polished, performant interfaces with modern React — accessible, responsive, considered.
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind
- Motion
- A11y
02About
A studio of one, building practical software.
Run by Yannis Bertels — a developer focused on digital products, internal tooling and AI-driven experiments. Background in full-stack engineering with a strong focus on product, usability and clean execution.
Profile
AZEC Digital is an independent studio led by Yannis Bertels. The work spans digital products, internal tooling, marketing sites and AI-driven side projects — different domains, same approach: build the thing that actually solves the problem, make it feel professional, ship it.
Most projects start as practical problems. An internal team needs better tooling. A small business wants a polished web presence. An experiment wants to become a real product. The studio takes those briefs and ships them end-to-end.
The studio is small by design — small enough to keep quality consistent across every deliverable, small enough to ship fast, small enough that the person writing the code is the person you talk to.
AApproach
How the studio works.
- 01Practical first
Solve the real problem first. Polish, refinement and visual craft come after the thing actually works.
- 02Clean execution
Strong typography, restrained motion, focused interactions. Details compound — the small ones decide whether software feels professional.
- 03Built end-to-end
From data layer to UX, shipped as one piece. No hand-offs in the middle, no rough edges between parts.
- 04Iterate small
Ship the smallest valuable thing, then refine from real feedback. Speed of feedback is the single biggest predictor of quality.
BCapabilities
What I work with.
The disciplines and surfaces the studio engages with across most projects.
02/05Backend & Databases
Designing scalable APIs, data models, auth flows and the wiring that holds everything together.
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- REST
- Auth
- Edge runtime
03/05Automation & Tooling
Internal CLIs, CI pipelines and developer ergonomics — the quiet infrastructure that compounds.
- GitHub Actions
- CLI scripts
- CI/CD
- DX tooling
04/05AI & Experiments
LLM-powered features, structured tool use and agentic workflows shipped into real products.
- LLM APIs
- Tool use
- RAG
- Agents
- Prompt design
05/05Product & UI Thinking
Information architecture, usability and the small details that decide whether software feels professional.
- IA
- Usability
- Design systems
- Editorial UX
CTooling
Day-to-day stack.
The concrete technologies that show up in most projects — not an exhaustive list, but the surface area the studio is fluent in.
Next.jsTypeScriptReactTailwindNode.jsPostgreSQLPrismaDrizzleLLM APIsOpenAI SDKVercelGitHub ActionsFigmaLinearRaycast
DExperience
Background and timeline.
- 2025 — present
AZEC Digital
Founder · independent studioIndependent digital studio. Building digital products, internal tooling and AI-driven experiments end-to-end. Focused on practical software, clean execution and polished interfaces.
- 2024 — 2025
Internal tooling at AZ Turnhout
DeveloperDesigned and built a suite of internal applications for a regional Belgian hospital — scheduling utilities, data dashboards and coordination tools.
- 2023 — 2024
Freelance development
Web & productMarketing sites, dashboards and small product builds for local businesses. Strong focus on mobile experience, performance and maintainability.
- 2022 — 2024
Computer Science
Higher educationSoftware engineering foundations — systems, data structures, programming languages and applied projects.
●Open for work
Want to work together?
The studio takes on a small number of projects per year. Reach out with a brief — let's see if there's a good fit.