Levin Kipkemboi
I build products, ship with teams, and craft SaaS people enjoy using.
Full-stack product engineer and cofounder at BeironLabs in Nairobi. Open to roles, available for select product work, and always shipping my own SaaS.
Ways to connect
Three paths. Same standard of work.
Whether you want to use what I've built, hire me onto your team, or bring me in to help ship, the bar is the same: clear thinking, solid engineering, and software people trust.
Explore my work
See SaaS products, developer tools, and systems I've engineered end to end.
View projects →Build with me
Work with me directly or through BeironLabs on SaaS MVPs, features, and technical partnership.
See how we work →Hire me
Open to full-time and team roles where I can own product-minded engineering work.
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Selected projects
Case studies from real builds
Quality over quantity. Each project highlights the problem, approach, and technologies behind the work.
Laravel 12 · Inertia.js · Vue 3
Tasks.os - Task & QA Delivery Platform
An enterprise-grade internal ops and task management platform featuring multi-view boards, built-in QA triage pipelines, WebAuthn passkey authentication, and statistical SLA delivery analytics.
Bun · TypeScript · SQLite
Bunlar - Laravel-Inspired Backend Toolkit for Bun
A high-performance TypeScript backend framework bringing Laravel's developer ergonomics to the Bun runtime—active-record models, radix routing, signed sessions, and CLI scaffolding.
Laravel 12 · Vue 3 · Inertia.js
FeedbackKit - Multi-Site Customer Feedback SaaS
A multi-tenant SaaS platform for collecting user ratings and feedback via lightweight embeddable widgets, powered by Laravel, Inertia.js, Vue 3, and WebAuthn passkeys.
Electron · TypeScript · xterm.js
Beeterm - Minimalist Desktop Terminal
A clean, frameless desktop terminal emulator built with Electron, xterm.js, and node-pty, featuring a chat-style persistent input bar, multi-tab workflows, and GPU acceleration.
React Native · Expo SDK · React Compiler
Ash Reader - Book Tracking App & Cloud API
A reading sanctuary platform featuring an Expo React Native mobile app with React Compiler and a headless Next.js App Router API with Drizzle ORM for personal library analytics.
Laravel · PHP · WebSockets
AI YouTube Video Summarizer (Laravel)
A real-time content summarization tool for YouTube transcripts with WebSocket streaming, content chunking, and support for multiple AI models.
Why work with me
Product-minded engineering, whether you hire or collaborate
I bring the same habits to a team role or a build engagement: maintainable systems, clear communication, and software that feels intentional.
Product thinking first
I start with the problem, the user, and the business outcome - then choose the simplest architecture that can grow with the product.
Maintainable by default
Readable code, clear boundaries, and intentional abstractions. Software should still make sense six months later.
Attention to detail
Spacing, performance, edge cases, and copy matter. Small details compound into trust and polish.
Clear communication
I explain trade-offs early, share progress often, and keep stakeholders aligned without jargon for jargon's sake.
Long-term mindset
I build for the next release and the next year - avoiding shortcuts that create expensive rewrites later.
Performance and UX
Fast interfaces and thoughtful flows are part of the product, not an afterthought bolted on at the end.
Writing
Notes on building software
Practical writing on engineering, deployment, and product craft - proof that I enjoy sharing what I learn.
The 30-Minute Rule: How to Remain a Good Developer When the Machine Can Code for You
If AI can produce working code in seconds, how do we maintain our foundational understanding? The distinction between saving time and outsourcing your thinking.
·6 min readThe Anti-Vibe Workflow: How I Actually Write Software with AI
Why generating code without careful review creates long-term maintenance challenges, and how I use AI agents alongside WebStorm and PhpStorm to build reliable software.
·6 min readThe Typist Fallacy: Why AI Doesn't Need to Write All Your Code
Why typing every line by hand isn't the core of software engineering, how I use AI agents to do the writing, and why code review keeps the code truly yours.
·5 min read
Technologies
Tools I use to ship
A focused stack for SaaS and full-stack product work - chosen for clarity, velocity, and long-term maintainability.
Backend
- Laravel
- PHP
- Node.js
- Hono
- REST APIs
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- Vue
- Nuxt
- Tailwind CSS
Mobile
- React Native
Data
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite
- Redis
Platform
- Docker
- Git
- Linux
- M-Pesa integrations
Looking for a teammate, a builder, or a product?
I'm open to full-time roles, available for select product work, and shipping SaaS of my own. Tell me which path fits and I'll respond with honest next steps.