Kreative Kompanion
A self-hosted AI companion: local models do the work on your own computers, a stronger one reviews it.
Founder of Kreative Kompas
Kees Rodriguez
I build |
Fullstack developer with more than nine years across government, banking, low-code and consultancy, who builds scalable, fault-tolerant systems by day and firmware, game engines and a fully self-hosted company by night. Curious, positive and goal-oriented: challenges are opportunities.
Den Bosch, the Netherlands
9+ years
Spanish (native) · Dutch (native) · English (native)
Also in Nederlands and Español.
Experience
Java Software Developer · Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
Built Nexus, the new mission-critical immigration system: event-driven microservices with Axon and Apache Kafka, CQRS and event sourcing, turning complex legal processes into fault-tolerant, scalable software.
Fullstack Developer · SNS Bank
DevOps team for investing, savings and lending. Frontend and backend of financial services with Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs, in a heavily regulated, transaction-driven environment.
Solution Engineer · Novulo
Designed reusable components for the Novulo low-code platform, combining business process analysis with development to make clients' operations more efficient.
Junior .NET Developer · Van der Lelie
Modernised a Delphi legacy system into an Angular and .NET web application, migrating MySQL, MSSQL and Paradox data into one performant platform.
Project Delivery Specialist · Insphire International
Implemented rental-industry software for clients, tailoring logistics, invoicing and contract management to each business.
Telematics Engineering (Bachelor, all coursework up to the final year) · Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
Electronics, computer science and telecommunications, from hardware interfaces to network protocols and embedded software.
Skills & tools
From Kafka in a government system to firmware on a keyboard, and the server this site runs on.
Languages
Backend & architecture
Embedded & desktop
Infrastructure
Web
AI
Projects
Open-source work, from a game engine down to a keyboard.
Kreative Kompas Engine
A modular open-source Vulkan game engine in C++17 with Lua scripting.
3Dco+
A live 3D view of your controller, keyboard and mouse for streamers, with custom model import.
AV1 Re-encoder
Re-encodes a video library to AV1 on the GPU, only where VMAF proves the picture stays the same.
ClubUno
A planning app for amateur football clubs: teams, agenda, transport and volunteers in one place.
CI Queue
A live view of the Forgejo Actions queue, with drag-to-reorder jobs and runner status.
Broadcast Box (fork)
Sub-second WebRTC streaming, extended with our own features.
ZMK Sofle Dongle & Config
Firmware for a wireless split keyboard on a Nice!Nano with Zephyr RTOS and BLE.
Qt Screen Caster
Low-latency cross-platform screen capture and UDP/RTP streaming with Qt 6 and GStreamer.
Voice Translator
Real-time speech translation with local AI models, packaged in Docker.
Discord AI Bot
Discord bots with LLM chat and image generation.
Nohboard-qt
An on-screen keyboard overlay for gaming and streaming.
SRT Translator
Batch translation of subtitle files through an API.
Let's work together
For projects, collaborations or a job, I'd love to hear from you.
Interests: Game development · Self-hosting · 3D printing · Kickboxing & the gym · Local AI