Malte Therkildsen

For years my days were about athletes: their training plans, what they ate before a long ride, why one week went well and the next did not. I took master’s degrees in sports physiology and sports nutrition, and I coached endurance athletes. I wanted better tools for them, so I started building RAMTT, a platform where an athlete plans training and fueling in one place.

Somewhere along the way I fell for the work itself: the type, the layout, the code and the moment an app finally does what I pictured. I learned the whole trade, from the logo, the colors and the motion on the screen to the database underneath. On the way I built Zibaldone, a workspace for writing, private conversation and design, and thirty-nine working prototypes. I have done it every day since, often late at night.

Today I make apps, websites and products for businesses, and I give each one the attention I used to give an athlete before a race. I like being close to the people who will use what I make, as I was with the athletes I trained. That habit came with me from sport.