Andreas
Zalbo
Designer and developer in Sweden. I make small things, and I finish them: five iPhone apps, a daily newspaper, a website for a guesthouse, and a handful of browser toys that exist mostly because I couldn't sleep.
I do the whole job, from first sketch to a live URL or an App Store listing: interface, code, copy, and the unglamorous parts in between. Most of it starts as a personal itch.
Selected work
Web · e-ink
CerebInk
Reads 1,500 news articles a day, groups the ones telling the same story, and adds the ground beneath it: who lives there, the weather at press time, what happened there before. It publishes only what it is licensed to and cites every sentence it writes. Four editions a day, on the web, on a Kindle and on a reMarkable, set in 1980s newsprint. No ads, no cookies, no third-party trackers, and a daily comic strip, because it is my paper.
Client · Web
Nonnas Camere
A five-language website and custom CMS for a family-run guesthouse on the Ligurian Riviera, built around the person who runs it. The owner updates rooms, photos, events, translations and seasonal themes without touching code; Italian is the master language for the other four. Booking.com and WhatsApp are built in. No visitor tracking, no ad stack.
iPhone
BeatBack (opens in a new tab)
A local-first music trivia party game built around memory, playlists and eras, and the joy of knowing a song three seconds before everyone else. No accounts; everything stays on the phone.
iPhone
WhenTV (opens in a new tab)
A TV show finder: see when and where your shows are on, get recommendations, keep a watchlist of upcoming episodes, and ask a friendly assistant which ones are worth a watch.
Browser toy
Mangianastro / MangiaVision (opens in a new tab)
Two web toys from one sleepless night remembering MTV. Mangianastro is a cassette deck with an appetite: the radio works fine, but everything you do with a tape destroys it a little. MangiaVision is the 80s CRT in the next room, six channels named the way MTV would have named them in Italian.
Browser toy
The Ride Home (opens in a new tab)
A quiet night-time escape inspired by falling asleep in the back seat as a child. Rain on the windows, streetlights sweeping the cabin, your music on the stereo. Tweak the weather, the light and the ambient sound.
iPhone
Pocket Hits (opens in a new tab)
A single-player guess-the-song quiz for the spare minutes between things.
iPhone
Hiyori Ma (opens in a new tab)
Even the smallest mountain is still a mountain. Everything matters, but not everything is important.
iPhone
Holda – The Distraction (opens in a new tab)
Not a game and not a meditation tool: a bit of both, or just a time-waster. Who knows?
iPhoneIn progress
ItaloPlanner
An iPhone companion for the small questions that come up in Italy: what is worth a walk, what is on the menu, and how to ask the waiter. Sourced local guides, optional walking plans, menu and wine-list readers, and Italian phrase cards in one app. Saved guides and several table tools work offline; fresh searches need a connection. No accounts, analytics or ads. In development.
Generative art
A Study of Motion
Four living audiovisual studies of fibres, rain, suspended pigment and wandering light. Born from frustration with awkward animation and a question to an AI—“What would you want to sit and watch for hours?”—the collection grew through making, watching and throwing versions away. Each world unfolds in the browser, with optional sound and no prescribed ending.
iPhoneIn progress
Bilprotokollet
A Swedish iPhone companion for the used-car viewing. Guided checks, a bodywork map, photographs and imported diagnostic reports keep observations and follow-up questions together. Includes a local code reference and PDF records, with original reports preserved separately. No account or automated buying verdict. In development.
iOSIn progress
BookMurmur
A quiet home for the audiobooks you already own. BookMurmur turns a folder of audio files into a personal library, with remembered positions, chapter navigation and a player made for the last hour of the day. Built for iPhone and iPad, with an Apple Watch remote and an optional sleep-data rewind that is honest about when the data arrives.
Play
Tape Eater
A small game, built from scratch, no assets. You are the cassette. The deck is hungry. Fill the side before it fills up on you.
About
A workshop that ships
Native iPhone apps in Swift. Web in Next.js, Node.js and plain JavaScript. No tracking unless it earns its place.
Off-screen: old maps, music trivia, Sicily and cars.
Write to me
I read everything, even if I answer slowly. If you are building something interesting, planning a trip to Italy, or arguing about car reliability, write to me. Especially then.