veldtmana.io
Built it with AI? I'll get it to launch.
AI built your app in a weekend.Now every change breaks something else.
I'm the senior engineer who takes your AI-built app the rest of the way. I audit it, fix the architecture, build it out, and leave your team able to run it.
From vibe-coded to launch-ready.
A senior human who takes it all the way
Twenty years shipping production software. When an AI-built app stalls, the cause is rarely one bug. It is the architecture, the data, the security, and the people and process around it. I work across all of it and stay hands-on, building with AI under senior judgment.
Senior and hands-on.
Two decades in production. I architect and build it hands-on, AI-assisted, and the fix holds.
Full stack, past the code.
The technical work, and also the people, the systems, and the compliance that turn a prototype into a real product.
You keep the keys.
Once the base is solid, I show your team how to build with AI well, so you own it rather than depend on me.
Start where you are
Audit
Is it safe to launch? A production-readiness audit of your AI-built app, across security, data, and architecture. You get a plain report and a ranked fix plan.
Start with an audit →Rescue
Make it production-grade. I fix the architecture and rebuild the weak parts, so it stops breaking every time you touch it and it can take real users and real payments.
Rescue my app →Fractional
Stay on and level up the team. Once the base is solid, I work alongside you as a fractional technical lead and coach your team to build with AI without recreating the mess.
Talk about fractional →
also
Beyond the app work, I also build and run websites for established businesses whose site is starting to fall behind as the way people search keeps changing.
With AI now spinning apps within minutes, whoever figures out distribution will own the game.
The engineering you grow into
What most founders need next:
- Automation that works. The unglamorous data and workflow plumbing that quietly runs the business.
Claude Code
OpenAI SDKs - Infrastructure.
Azure
AWS
DigitalOcean
CloudflareBare metal
Ansible
Terraform - CI/CD, and clean deploys.
GitHub
GitLab
Azure DevOps
Bitbucket - Full-stack build, from database to deployment.
React
Python
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Supabase
Redis
RabbitMQ
since 2023
Three years all-in on AI-assisted engineering.
That’s a two-year head start on the mainstream. In the 2025 Stack Overflow survey, only 31% of developers were using AI agents.
- 2enterprise-grade applicationsArchitect & Tech Lead
- 2bootstrapped startupsinfrastructure and compliance built in, pen-tested
- 4vibe-coded products shipped
- 2production rescues in flightincluding a 30-year-old ERP
verified on LinkedIn →recommendations
The build was a huge success and was completed in less than 8 months. The deployment and data-transition was performed without any issues and we went live during the busiest period of the year.
Marius Du Toit — Founder at Mantisse Software
Alex is a supremely talented software engineer. He sees the big picture, unlike most people I've worked with - leadership included. Vision. Strategy. Team dynamics. P&L.
Johann Van Tonder — CEO, AWA Digital
built around what couldn't move
A merchant-facing payment layer built on infrastructure that was already running and couldn't be changed. An existing switch, thousands of terminals in the field, and a PCI surface to keep small. The goal was to introduce a new, improved architecture without anyone noticing the transition.
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read more →taking responsibility is a superpower
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read more →contact
let’s get it launched.
Tell me what you’re working on. I read and reply to every message myself. No forms into the void.
open to new work