Better Design
Founder
San Francisco, CA
March 2026 – Present
Better Design is an MCP server that turns AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, claude.ai) into design engineers — auto-loading UI/UX principles and running accessibility self-reviews so AI-generated UI follows real product-design standards.
Key Achievements:
- •Grew to 92 users and 411 design systems generated, with 124 GitHub stars and 1,222 monthly npm downloads on the MCP server
- •Built semantic design-system search matching projects to 47+ open-source shadcn/ui design systems, scaffolding the right tokens, an 87-component library, and open-source icon libraries on demand
- •Shipped one-click MCP install across Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT, Lovable, v0, and 11+ AI coding tools
Technologies:
NextJSTypeScriptTailwindCSS
HonoJS
DrizzleORMShadcn/uiPostgreSQLInngestBunLinks:
ODF
Product Engineer
San Francisco, CA
July 2025 – March 2026
Led product and engineering for the platform connecting ODF's founder community, where >1k startups have been created and >$2B raised. Owned the full product lifecycle from scoping and design to shipping across backend, web, and mobile.
Key Achievements:
- •Built the community directory web app in Next.js
- •Built the mobile app in React Native (Expo), shipped to iOS
- •Built the backend API on Cloudflare Workers
- •Shipped real-time messaging with threads and reactions
Technologies:
NextJSReactReact NativeTypeScriptTailwindCSSHonoJSDrizzleORMExpoTanStack QueryZustandZodShadcn/uiTipTapFramer MotionAuth0Cloudflare WorkersUpstash Redis
Procureezy
Co-Founder & CTPO
Paris, France
April 2024 – September 2024
Procureezy.com is AI sourcing copilot for hardware engineers to tackle the thousands of hours lost in sourcing per engineer per year.
Key Achievements:
- •Designed, developed and iterated with beta testers to build a procurement SaaS tool (platform.procureezy.com) to help hardware engineers collaborate. Also led demo calls to sell the product to potential leads.
Technologies:
NextJSTypeScriptTailwindCSSHonoJSDrizzleORMVercelReact
Python
LangGraphShadcn/uiNuqsOpenAPINeonZodClerkPostHogBunDockerBetter AuthLangfuseVercel AI SDK
CocktailAndDinner
Founder
Brussels, Belgium
Oct. 2021 – Dec. 2023
Marketplace to rent kitchens and dining rooms of private homes
Key Achievements:
- •Designed the brand, logo, design system, and website; developed the marketplace using Webflow
- •Created an efficient onboarding flow for homeowners
- •Developed a blog using a "hub and spoke" model, reaching 3K monthly active users (+25% MoM)
- •Analyzed user data to redesign the landing page, tripling conversion rates
Technologies:
SwiftUINextJS
WebflowJavaScriptCSSBrand DesignSEO
FlowsStudio
Freelance
Remote
Oct. 2021 - Present
Designed and developed websites for early-stage startups, SMEs and non-profits.
Key Achievements:
- •Portfolio site: https://flowsstudio.webflow.io/
- •Freelance profile: https://contra.com/marvin_kaunda/work
- •Non-profit projects: mynextplay.org, jasmineyadeta.com
- •React/TailwindCSS projects: aperofrancophone.com and others
Technologies:
NextJSTailwindCSSWebflow
Figma
Owaste
Founder
Brussels, Belgium
Sept. 2020 – March 2021
An eco-friendly e-commerce for sustainable men's products. (built as part of my master thesis)
Key Achievements:
- •Designed and developed the e-commerce site: https://owaste.webflow.io/
- •Improved the shopping experience and reduced order time to 2 minutes 14 seconds, leading to 30 orders in 2 weeks with an average order value of 30€.
Technologies:
WebflowE-commerceUX DesignAnalyticsLinks:
Education
Technologies
NextJSReactHTMLCSSTypeScriptJavaScriptPythonTailwindCSSNodeJSHonoJS
FastAPIReact NativeSwiftUI
ElectronVercel
Temporal
React QueryDrizzleORMLangGraphWebflowFigma