# Raphaël Mitas

> Full Stack Developer based in Germany.

Full-Stack Developer with experience at Mercedes-Benz and Audi, now driving innovation at Kimeta. I specialize in the React/Next.js ecosystem with TypeScript, tRPC, and React Native, building type-safe applications from frontend to backend. What sets me apart: I don't just use AI tools, I build with agents. At Kimeta I introduced Cursor and Claude Code and built agentic automations that turn tickets into merge requests and review code automatically. Our entire Cypress e2e suite moved to Playwright in a single day, without compromising on code quality. Outside of coding, you'll find me on the slopes skiing, out hiking, behind the camera capturing moments through photography, or at the table for a board game night.

Personal site and résumé. Pages and Posts below link to Markdown versions; the home page,
CV, blog and every post also answer `Accept: text/markdown`. Posts are written in English;
the rest of the site is also available in German under /de.

## Pages

- [Everything in one file](https://raphaelmitas.com/llms-full.txt): the full CV and every post, as Markdown.
- [CV](https://raphaelmitas.com/cv.md): The full résumé: experience with highlights, education, projects, skills.
- [Blog](https://raphaelmitas.com/blog.md): Long-form writing about building software.
- [Home](https://raphaelmitas.com/index.md): The same résumé as the CV, as a landing page.
- [CV as PDF](https://raphaelmitas.com/cv.pdf): the same CV, print layout.

## Posts

- [I accidentally built the best Lightroom alternative](https://raphaelmitas.com/blog/i-accidentally-built-the-best-lightroom-alternative.md) (2026-08-17): How I built Photopipe, a free macOS photo culling and editing app, almost entirely by directing AI agents: a rebuild thrown away after a week, a working app in 48 hours, and where human taste still decides.
- [I let an agent move our Cypress suite to Playwright in a day, and you should too!](https://raphaelmitas.com/blog/cypress-to-playwright-with-agents.md) (2026-07-30): For most of the time I have been writing end-to-end tests, I would have told you Cypress was the nicer tool. The runner shows you the app as the test drives it. You can hover a command in the log and…

## Contact

- Email: mail@raphaelmitas.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/RaphaelMitas
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-mitas-5144b510a/

## Optional

- [The Clickable Chronicle](https://raphaelmitas.com/explore): the same career as a pixel-art game; no text for agents.
- [RSS feed](https://raphaelmitas.com/blog/rss.xml): new posts.
- [Legal notice](https://raphaelmitas.com/legal-notice): Impressum, with postal address.
- [Privacy](https://raphaelmitas.com/privacy): privacy policy.