Vincenzo La Rosa

Vincenzo La Rosa

Frontend Developer

Freelance · ZuidLink Studio · NL

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About

I'm a frontend developer with a strong passion for code, design, and the details that make an interface feel right. I enjoy building accessible, pixel-perfect user interfaces that combine curated aesthetics with solid, scalable architecture.

I currently work independently as a freelance developer through ZuidLink, my own studio based in the Netherlands, where I partner with companies and startups to build modern web products — from interfaces to full web applications.

Previously, I worked as a Frontend Developer at BARR, a digital agency where I developed and maintained web apps of various kinds, collaborating closely with designers, backend developers, and stakeholders in an agile environment.

These experiences — across structured teams and independent work — shaped a modular, thoughtful approach to frontend development, with a constant focus on quality and scalability.

Outside of code, I like to keep my mind active: I read, I'm into card games and strategic video games, and I'm always looking for new stimuli to grow — both inside and outside the screen.

Website

Projected with
Figma

Even a personal project like this deserves a design phase. Therefore, I put on the designer's shoes and tried my hand at Figma.

Figma is a collaborative interface design application that allows not only designers to work in the cloud and in teams, but also to easily share designs with developers.

One feature I particularly appreciate is Dev Mode, which allows you to explore the design with a technical eye, visualizing measurements, spacing, and CSS properties that are critical for an accurate implementation that is true to the original design.

Content power by
Sanity

For managing and storing the site's content, I chose Sanity, definitely my favorite CMS among the ones I've had a chance to try so far.

Sanity is an extremely flexible, powerful and scalable Headless CMS.
It provides a cloud-based database with real-time updates, facilitating fast and collaborative content management.

At the heart of the system is Sanity Studio, a fully customizable, open source, self-hosted React app where you can define content structure and schema via code, tailoring it perfectly to your needs.

Build with
Next.js

For frontend development, I used Next.js, the framework that has been the focus of my projects for the past few years.

Next.js is one of the most popular frameworks for developing modern client- and server-side web applications.

It offers hybrid rendering, a built-in routing system, image optimization and asset management, as well as seamless integration with modern libraries such as Framer Motion.

For this site, I chose a SSG (Static Site Generation) strategy, which allows pages to be pre-generated at build time. This choice offers significant benefits in terms of performance, SEO, security, and scalability.

Hosted in
Vercel

The site is hosted on Vercel, a cloud platform optimized for Next.js projects.
It offers serverless infrastructure, automatic builds and instant previews for each branch.

I chose it because of its native integration with Next.js and the ability to connect Sanity via Deploy Hook. Whenever I update a piece of content on Sanity, via a plugin I can send a trigger to Vercel that starts a new build, updating the site easily and efficiently.

Experiences

2026 — present
Freelance Frontend Developer
ZuidLink

As a self-employed frontend developer, I collaborate with clients of different kinds — both directly with businesses on their digital products, and as part of larger teams on more complex, long-term projects.

My core stack is Next.js (App Router), React and TypeScript, paired with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui for building consistent, accessible component systems. Projects range from marketing sites with Sanity CMS integrations to full-stack web applications backed by Supabase, Prisma and PostgreSQL — always with attention to web performance, accessibility and clean component architecture.

React
Typescript
NextJS
Tailwind CSS
shadcn/ui
Sanity
Vercel
Supabase
Prisma
PostgreSQL
2022 — 2025
Frontend Developer
BARR

BARR is a benefit company acting as an agile digital partner, supporting businesses through high-impact digital products.

During my time there I developed and maintained web applications of different natures, working closely with UX/UI designers and backend teams. We used modern stacks such as React, Next.js and Tailwind CSS, with Sanity as our main CMS for content-driven projects and GraphQL where the data layer required it. I contributed to defining frontend architecture tailored to each project's requirements, with a focus on component reusability, web performance and accessibility.

This experience strengthened my autonomy, sharpened my problem-solving skills, and solidified a modular, scalable approach to writing code.

React
Typescript
NextJS
TailwindCSS
NestJS
GraphQL
Svelte
Sanity
Vercel
2021 — 2022
Junior Frontend Developer

South-Interactive was a small development studio with a focus on frontend. This is where I took my first steps into the world of professional development.

Working in agile teams, I contributed to building user interfaces and integrating REST APIs. It was a period of intense learning where I built a solid programming foundation and got hands-on with frameworks such as Vue.js and Nuxt.js, versioning with Git, and the fundamental principles of component-based methodology.

HTML
CSS
SCSS
Javascript
VueJS
NuxtJS

Skill and Technologies

Get in Touch

Each project leaves something behind: a challenge solved, a lesson learned, a line improved.

This site collects some of that. The rest I am still writing.