Leo Hösl
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Magical Machines

I partner with ambitious teams to ship, rescue, and scale products, from MVPs to AI-powered platforms.

Hey there, I'm Leo. I build high-performing web platforms that bring brands to life in the digital realm. Based in Munich, I specialize in crafting stunning experiences for individuals and organizations, both locally and globally.

Showcase

AI virtual model fashion shot
Project
COMPRESS98% Smaller
UPSCALE4x Enhancement
EXPORTAll Platforms

pixel harbor

AI-Powered Image Pipeline

The Complete Product Image Pipeline

Upload once, automate everything, export everywhere.

pixelharbor.io

Safeguarding Business Results of one of Canada's Largest eCommerce Brands: Enhancing Stability with Monitoring, Redundancy, and Automated User Flow Testing
Case Study

Safeguarding Business Results of one of Canada's Largest eCommerce Brands: Enhancing Stability with Monitoring, Redundancy, and Automated User Flow Testing

Client

Global e-commerce for a sustainable solar lamp brand

27 countries/6 currencies
sonnenglas.netNext.js / Stripe / Hygraph
NatureNest
naturenest
Client

Shopify / Liquid / Klaviyo

Project

Automate Your Client Reporting
and turn Stakeholders into Raving Fans

Emissar

Client Reporting SaaS

Effortlessly build polished reports & dashboards that make your work impossible to overlook.

emissar.io

Star Stack

Project
EU Software Sovereignty

Audit your stack.
Support European sovereignty.

See which tools in your stack are EU-made. Support digital sovereignty, one dependency at a time.

starstack.eu

MODELALERT.AI

Project

No fluff alerts for AI model releases.

Select what you care about. Get notified when new models ship.

Anthropic•Claude Opus 4
Jan 27, 2025
  • •Extended thinking with streaming
  • •200K context window
  • •New benchmark scores on SWE-bench

OpenAI · Anthropic · Google · Meta · Mistral · xAI

FocusedLabs
Client

FocusedLabs

Taking over and modernizing a Chicago software consultancy's web platform

Gatsby / React / Sanity CMS

identityforge.io

Project

Generate a brand, export the design system.

AI design engine. Outputs agent-ready tokens, Shadcn components, and brand kits.

Brand preview

Lumen

Clarity, distilled.

#4F46E5

#06B6D4

#F59E0B

#111827

#FAF7F0

Type pairingSyne / Inter

Tokens · Shadcn · Design.md · CLI · MCP · API

uferlosClient

Festival operations platform

Full platform for a free-entry culture festival: multilingual program UX, Payload CMS, sponsor and press systems, and editorial operations.

Uferlos festival platform homepage

Next.js · Payload CMS · MapLibre · PostgreSQL

Designing Pathways to Profit: kattbjoern's Ecommerce UX Evolution
Case Study

Designing Pathways to Profit: kattbjoern's Ecommerce UX Evolution

From Mont Blanc to The New York Times: Paige McClanahan's Digital Evolution
Case Study

From Mont Blanc to The New York Times: Paige McClanahan's Digital Evolution

AI-Assisted Engineering

The right model for every task.

I work hands-on with every major provider and model, then match each one to the job: frontier models for hard reasoning and agentic coding, open-source models sized to the task, and local setups for private pipelines and workflows.

01tier

Frontier, agentic

Hard reasoning, architecture, and agentic coding.

Examples

  • Claude OpusClaude Code
  • GPT-5.5Codex
  • GeminiGoogle
02tier

Open-source, right-sized

Matched to task size for the best speed and cost.

Examples

  • GLM 5.2Zhipu
  • KimiMoonshot
03tier

Local pipelines & workflows

Private, owned, always-on automation.

Examples

  • Qwen 3.6Alibaba
  • Gemma 4Google

Services I Offer

Marketing Websites

Polished & highly performant frontends systematically built around your goals.

Ecommerce Platforms

Seamless shopping experiences powered by cutting-edge technologies.

Web Applications

Next-gen web apps tailored for impeccable performance and versatility.

AI Workflow Consulting

Practical AI systems for teams, internal processes, and individual workflows.

Optimization

Targeted Refinements for Peak Performance

Technology Partnership

Amplifying growth and innovation through strategic collaboration.

Maintenance Retainers

Swift and reliable support for continuous platform excellence.

Monitoring & Automatic Testing

Vigilant monitoring and seamless quality assurance for digital success.

Consulting

Guidance in pivotal moments and data-guided strategies.

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