Skills - 👋 I'm Nicki

Directing AI coding tools end-to-end: from spec to shipped web and native (Flutter) apps, solo.
Spec-driven development: turning fuzzy ideas into structured briefs AI can execute well what makes the difference between AI chaos and AI leverage.
Quality control of AI output: review, testing, and knowing when the confident answer is wrong.
Set-up of AI-assisted workflows for teams: tooling choices, guardrails, review gates.

Problem discovery and business-model shaping; concept → roadmap → launch, done repeatedly for clients and with my own money on the line.
Product instrumentation: GA4, BigQuery, funnel and retention analysis, PMF measurement.
Prioritization (RICE, Kano, MoSCoW), OKRs, and the discipline to kill features and projects.
Deep experience with user needs in web applications and native apps.

Business & Leadership

10 years agency CEO + supervisory board experience: P&L, clients, hiring, and leading multidisciplinary teams through agile transitions that both failed and succeeded.
Aligning teams around the why, how, and what.

Skilled in developing prototypes and adapting existing software using HTML, CSS/Sass, JS/TypeScript and Vue.js.
Proficient in expediting prototyping using utility classes and Tailwind.js.
Comfortable using and adapting package managers and compilers like Yarn, Node and Composer.
Able to write database migrations and make adaptations for MySQL/MariaDB.
Experienced in using Git: from branching to versioning.
Leveraged Git Pipelines and Jenkins to optimize development workflows in previous roles.
Capable of basic server adaptations and executing commands via Bash.
Familiarity with Docker and ddev.

With a background in Communication Design, I possess skills in adapting and expanding UX/UI designs using Figma and Adobe XD.
Highly proficient in using Adobe Photoshop.
Skilled in creating and adapting simple icons and logos using Adobe Illustrator.