# PXLS — Freelance Lead Frontend Engineers

> PXLS is a team of freelance lead frontend engineers based in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 2012 by Nathan Van Gierdegom. We provide fractional frontend leadership, codebase rescue, architecture modernization, UX/UI engineering, and technical audits for companies across Belgium and Europe.

## What We Do

- **Rescue & Recovery**: Frontend codebase triage across React, Vue, Angular, and legacy stacks. Performance crisis intervention, technical debt reduction, deployment stabilization.
- **Architecture & Modernization**: React and Vue migrations, TypeScript conversions, Next.js and Nuxt greenfields, component library and design system architecture, API-first workflows, CI/CD optimization.
- **Team Building & Leadership**: Fractional frontend lead and CTO services, Center of Excellence setup, hiring strategy, code review culture, developer mentorship.
- **Audits & Assessments**: Core Web Vitals profiling, accessibility audits (WCAG 2.1 AA), architecture reviews across React, Vue, and modern stacks, developer experience assessments, prioritized roadmaps.

## Technologies

React, Vue.js, Next.js, Nuxt.js, Astro, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, SASS, Redux, Zustand, React Query, Pinia, tRPC, AWS, Vercel, Git, CI/CD, Storybook, Figma.

## Who We Work With

Technical decision-makers (Engineering Managers, CTOs, VPs of Engineering) at companies where the frontend has become a bottleneck. Past clients include TVH Parts, Agfa Gevaert, Lynx Beleggen, Showpad, and Bricsys.

## Case Studies

- **TVH Parts**: Modernizing a 1.2B revenue React e-commerce platform. Embedded as frontend leadership across a 20-engineer team. 87% faster page loads, 75% faster interactions. Authored the full modernization roadmap, gave the Center of Excellence real authority over standards and platform direction, restructured engineering teams.
- **Agfa Gevaert**: Built an entire frontend practice from scratch for a manufacturing execution system. Custom component library, API-first architecture, CI/CD pipelines, UX/UI design, and mentored junior developers into autonomous contributors.
- **Lynx Beleggen**: Complete teardown and rebuild of a fintech trading platform. Real-time WebSocket architecture, new component system, redesigned trading UX. Launched with 3 bug reports.
- **Bricsys**: Refocused a construction tech platform from feature bloat to user-centered design. Full Vue.js rebuild, introduced UX practice, scaled the frontend team.

## Team

- **Nathan Van Gierdegom** — Founder & freelance lead frontend engineer. Frontend leadership since 2012 across e-commerce, fintech, manufacturing, SaaS, and creative tooling. Deep expertise in React, Vue, Next.js, Nuxt, TypeScript, Node.js, UX/UI engineering, design systems, performance optimization, and accessibility. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. Website: https://vangierdegom.com
- **Gennadi Debbaut** — Freelance lead frontend engineer. Deep architectural expertise in React, Vue, and TypeScript.
- **Gregory Deseck** — Freelance lead frontend engineer. Specializes in frontend architecture, performance, and code quality.

## Contact

- Website: https://www.pxls.be
- Email: info@pxls.be
- Phone: +32 473 73 27 55
- Location: Sint-Lievenspoortstraat 33, 9000 Ghent, Belgium