Stephan Arenswald | Stephan Arenswald

Hi, I'm Stephan 👋🏻

Indie Hacker bootstrapping TailBeat to help Xcode devs build better apps. On the side, I build productivity apps for macOS and iOS, from paid tools to open source.

Projects

Companion for macOS devs that improves logging, and app release workflows
TailBeat

Companion for macOS devs that improves logging, and app release workflows
Archive previewer for macOS
MacPacker

Archive previewer for macOS
Organize files quickly on macOS
FileFillet

Organize files quickly on macOS

Work Experience

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Jun2025 - current

Founder / Indie Hacker

CEO / Engineer / Marketer

Indie Hacker bootstrapping TailBeat to help Xcode devs build better apps. On the side, I build productivity apps for macOS and iOS, from paid tools to open source.
Jan2016 - Dec2025

Mercedes-Benz

Senior Product Owner / Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer

Started as a Product Owner for User Interface Software in the generation of Mercedes-Benz cars starting with the launch of the A-class in 2018. Later switched to a Senior Product Owner role for Voice Control of vehicle functions. In the last two years worked as an Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer for the global "Hey Mercedes" speech interaction for all Mercedes-Benz cars.

Let's Connect

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