Tijn Knapen
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Tijn Knapen

I build websites, web apps and AI tools.

Full-stack developer. Through zoklaar.nl I build websites and custom software for businesses, and on the side I work on my own products such as Kapitol.ai and Voyd Wallpapers. Laravel, Next.js and Python, self-hosted on Linux.

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AI Pixel art
The passport photo used as reference
Made with AI
7 portraits from this one passport photo
Currently building
Kapitol.ai
About me

From idea to something that is live.

I am Tijn, a full-stack developer from the Netherlands. I like building things people actually use: business websites, web shops, scrapers, automations and AI tools. Backend in Laravel or Python, frontend in Next.js and Tailwind, all deployed on a Linux server I run myself.

Through zoklaar.nl I help businesses get online fast and without hassle. Next to that I build my own products, such as Kapitol.ai and Voyd Wallpapers. Outside of work you will find me in the gym, or in the pub with friends.

Role
Full-stack developer
Focus
Web apps, AI tools, automation
Location
The Netherlands
Off the clock
Strength training
Projects

What I have built

A selection of products and tools I built from the ground up, from backend to deploy.

Kapitol.ai

Live 2026 - nu

Track what US Congress trades

Platform that tracks stock trades by members of the US Congress in real time, scores them on insider signal strength and sends alerts so you can follow the smart money. Own scraper, scoring and dashboard.

  • Next.js
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • Scraping
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zoklaar.nl

Live 2026 - nu

Websites and software without the hassle

My own web studio: business websites for a fixed price, usually live within seven days, plus custom software and hosting. From the first call to delivery I do everything myself.

  • Laravel
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Forge
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Voyd Wallpapers

Live 2026

Handpicked 4K wallpapers for iPhone and Android

Wallpaper app with over 3,700 wallpapers reviewed one by one. Free to browse, HD downloads after an optional ad, Premium for ad-free 4K. The app, the backend on Cloudflare Workers and R2 and the subscriptions: all built myself.

  • Flutter
  • iOS & Android
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • RevenueCat
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SynthGen product shots

School project feb - jun 2025

From product photo to campaign visual with ComfyUI

School project for SynthGen (Fontys, February to June 2025): an open-source ComfyUI pipeline that turns a plain product photo into a commercial visual, built as an alternative to Bria ProductShot. Florence-2 describes the photo, the product is segmented, Flux Canny places it in the new scene, inpainting blends it back in and IC-Light relights it. Plus a second pipeline for virtual try-on. The tools have since moved on, the approach has not.

  • ComfyUI
  • Flux
  • Florence-2
  • IC-Light
  • Python
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Pictley

Going offline soon 2025

AI thumbnails for YouTubers

Started as a school project, launched out of curiosity as a paid product: click-worthy YouTube thumbnails from a prompt, a sketch or an existing thumbnail. Works well, but I never really marketed it. Going offline soon.

  • Next.js
  • AI image generation
  • Stripe
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Stack

What I work with

Backend

  • Laravel
  • PHP
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • REST APIs

Frontend

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Blade

AI & automation

  • LLM APIs
  • ComfyUI
  • Scrapers
  • Workflows

Infra & tooling

  • Linux
  • Laravel Forge
  • nginx
  • Git
  • Hugo
Contact

Want to build something?

A project, a question or just saying hi? Send a message, I usually reply within one business day.