# About · Malte Therkildsen

> Malte Therkildsen, the person behind the work: where it comes from, in his own words, and the products in use today.

Source: https://therkildsen.dev/about

About

# Malte Therkildsen

I come from sport, where you train for months for one race. Building RAMTT taught me to design and to code, and I bring the same patience to the apps and websites I make for businesses.

A temporary portrait, chosen because it is fun.

Malte Therkildsen

WorkWeb and software developer

Based inCopenhagen

StudiedSports physiology and sports nutrition (MSc)

BuildingRAMTTLive

LanguagesEnglish, Danish

In my own words

## From sport to software

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.

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## Where the work comes from

Five things I have done, and the part of the work each one shows in.

MSc

### Sports physiology

**W′ balance.** A workout and the W′ it leaves, second by second.

MSc

### Sports nutrition

**Current.** An article that checks its own drawings against published measurements.

Practice

### Trains athletes

**Workout check.** Write a workout and see where W′ runs out, before you ride it.

Trade

### Designer

**Colophon.** Logo, color, type, shape, motion and writing, every color a token from one file.

Trade

### Engineer

**Strata.** A SQL database written from nothing, held against SQLite.

In use today 2

## Two products that are live

Live

### ramtt.app

Plans training and fueling for endurance athletes, and works without a connection.

[ramtt.app ↗](https://ramtt.app)

Live

### Zibaldone

Writing, private conversation and visual design in one workspace, encrypted before it reaches the server.

[zibaldone.page ↗](https://zibaldone.page)

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## The work itself

[01ProjectsCases and products→](https://therkildsen.dev/projects)
[02LabPrototypes, running→](https://therkildsen.dev/lab)
[03WritingNotes on the work→](https://therkildsen.dev/writing)
[04ContactWrite to me→](https://therkildsen.dev/contact)

[Write to me](https://therkildsen.dev/contact) [See the projects](https://therkildsen.dev/projects)