# Raf Vantongerloo — Portfolio Website (Full Context)

> Indie maker and SEO consultant from Belgium. SaaS SEO, React/TypeScript development, business automation, and writing on agentic AI, privacy, and indie making. This is the long-form companion to /llms.txt, intended for LLMs that want the full picture of the site without crawling every page.

Canonical domain: https://rafvantongerloo.com
Generated: 2026-06-16

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## 1. About Raf

- **Name**: Raf Vantongerloo
- **Role**: Indie maker, SEO consultant, React developer, writer
- **Location**: Belgium — serving clients globally
- **Background**: Civil engineering studies → corporate roles → full-time indie maker
- **Focus areas**: SaaS SEO, React/TypeScript, business automation, agentic AI, online privacy, Chrome extensions
- **Writing**: Regular contributor to Medium, Stackademic, Substack (rocketproof), Towards Agentic AI, CodeToDeploy, StartupInsider, Predict
- **Handles**: r4fken (GitHub, Indiepa.ge, Gumroad, Peerlist, OpenSea, Printables, Reddit), RafVantongerloo (X, ProductHunt, Pepe.wtf), rafvantongerloo (LinkedIn), rocketproof (Substack)

## 2. Site Map (Indexable Pages)

| Path | Page | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `/` | Home | Bio, hero intro, featured projects grid, affiliate badges |
| `/writing` | Writing | Reverse-chronological article archive (2025–2026) |
| `/journey` | Journey | Annotated career timeline |
| `/tech-stack` | Tech Stack | Languages, frameworks, IDEs, SaaS used |
| `/tools` | Tools I Use | Curated SaaS productivity stack with affiliate/promo links |
| `/saas-seo` | SaaS SEO | Hand-picked SEO stack for SaaS founders |
| `/seo-consulting` | SEO Consulting | Service page for 1:1 SEO consulting |
| `/react-development` | React Development | Service page for React/TypeScript dev |

Redirects (client-side, React Router `Navigate`):
- `/online-privacy` → `/tools`
- `/online-privacy-tools` → `/tools`

## 3. Home (/) — Detail

Hero introduces Raf as an indie maker and SEO consultant. Two "Official Affiliate" badges sit in the hero area:

1. **revid.ai** — AI short-form video generation. Destination `https://www.revid.ai/?via=COUPONCODE`. Hover description: "Turn your creative ideas into attention-grabbing TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube stories with just a few clicks…"
2. **outrank.so** — AI SEO content automation, AEO/GEO. Destination `https://outrank.so/?via=linkto`. Hover description: "Grow Organic Traffic on Auto-Pilot: get recommended by ChatGPT & Rank on Google…"

Featured projects grid (display order):
1. shitfa.st
2. Chrome Goldmine — interactive database of 9,650+ expired Chrome extensions
3. Linkto — 990+ users
4. Trimless for Gmail
5. Chat-Control.eu
6. Christpilled
7. Towards Agentic AI
8. COREPER.eu
9. IndieFast (coming soon)

Social-proof line includes a "Featured on Uneed" entry linking to the Uneed affiliate URL. "Built with IndieFast" banner is fully clickable and opens https://indiefa.st/ with portfolio UTM tags.

## 4. Writing (/writing) — Full Article List

Articles span SEO, AEO/GEO, agentic AI, Chrome extensions, indie making, online privacy, and VPN technology. Hosted on Medium, Substack, Stackademic, CodeToDeploy, StartupInsider, Predict, Towards Agentic AI.

- 2026-06-01 — "Europe Has 69 Expense Trackers and 3 AI Chatbots. This Is Fine." (Stackademic)
- 2026-04-07 — "Chrome Extension Ideas That Make Money: 41 Profitable Niches I'd Build in 2026" (Medium)
- 2026-02-22 — "How I Found 9,650 Expired Chrome Extensions — A Goldmine of Manifest V3 Opportunities" (Stackademic)
- 2026-02-18 — "The Unfair Advantage: Why Chrome Extensions Are the Ultimate Micro-SaaS for Indie Makers" (CodeToDeploy)
- 2026-01-29 — "Running Private AI Locally: Ollama, LM Studio, AnythingLLM (2026 Guide)" (StartupInsider)
- 2026-01-11 — "Vibe Coding Tools 2026: The Complete Guide to AI-Powered Development" (Towards Agentic AI)
- 2026-01-08 — "Five-Seven-Five Lines That Explain Indie Maker Life Perfectly" (Towards Agentic AI)
- 2025-12-05 — "The Holy Trinity of AI Coding: Lovable, Replit, MindStudio"
- 2025-11-25 — "How MindStudio's Free Tier Killed My SaaS Builder's Perfectionism"
- 2025-11-10 — "From $9 to $299/Month: The Complete Social Media Scheduler Breakdown"
- 2025-11-08 — "The X Gold Rush Nobody's Talking About: Link Preloading for Affiliate"
- 2025-10-31 — "I Built a $500/Month Directory in 48 Hours — Here's How"
- 2025-10-22 — "The Link is Dead, Long Live the Mention: Brand Citations Are the New Backlinks"
- 2025-10-19 — "Your Face Is Now Your Prison: Inside the Global Surveillance State"
- 2025-10-11 — "How VPNs Work: A Complete Technical Guide to Online Privacy" (Stackademic)
- 2025-10-09 — "9 Messaging Apps Ranked by Privacy: Chat Control Survival Guide"
- 2025-10-03 — "My Best Friend's Intimate Photos Were Just Reviewed By EU Government Workers" (Predict)
- 2025-09-27 — "How I Saved 35 Hours Per Week Using AI Agents"
- 2025-09-21 — "The New Search Revolution: How AEO Changes Everything"
- 2025-09-20 — "The 8 Characters That Broke the SEO Industry Overnight"
- 2025-09-19 — "Replit Agent 3: The Night I Let Replit's AI Agent Build My App While I Slept"
- 2025-09-16 — "AI Agents Took Over 75% of My Team's Work. Here's the Surprising Upside"
- 2025-09-09 — "Why Smart AI Agents Are About to Change Everything"
- 2025-08-31 — "The SEO Apocalypse is Here: How AI Search Just Killed 50% of Traditional Google Traffic"
- 2025-08-20 — "Apple, LLMs and The Illusion of Thinking"
- 2025-08-15 — "How a 17-Year-Old Turned Free Automation Tools Into $3,217"
- 2025-08-12 — "Get Monetized on X (Twitter) with Postel"
- 2025-08-08 — "The Ultimate SaaS Analytics Showdown: Why Datafa.st Dominates"
- 2025-08-05 — "n8n vs Make: The Ultimate 2025 Comparison for Workflow Automation"

## 5. Journey (/journey)

Annotated timeline of Raf's transition from civil engineering studies through corporate roles to full-time indie maker. Milestones include product launches (Chrome Goldmine, shitfa.st, Linkto, Trimless for Gmail, Chat-Control.eu, Christpilled, COREPER.eu, IndieFast), writing milestones, and the pivot to SEO consulting and React development. Each timeline entry uses semantic h2 headings.

## 6. Tech Stack (/tech-stack)

Categorized list of what Raf ships with:

- **Languages**: TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
- **Frameworks/Libraries**: React 18.3.1, Vite, Tailwind CSS, shadcn-ui, React Router DOM, TanStack Query, Lucide React, react-helmet-async
- **Backend/Infra**: Supabase, Webdock, Lovable
- **AI builders**: Lovable, Replit, Bolt, Google Antigravity, MindStudio
- **IDE/CLI**: VS Code, Warp, Git, GitHub, Postman, Wispr Flow
- **Package manager**: Bun

FAQ schema (added 2026-01-08) covers common stack questions.

## 7. Tools I Use (/tools)

Curated SaaS productivity stack with affiliate/promo links. Centralized in `src/config/affiliate-links.ts`. Featured AI tools (updated May 2026):

1. Lovable — AI web app builder
2. Dynamiq — Agentic AI orchestration
3. ElevenLabs — Text-to-speech and voice cloning
4. GetImg.ai — AI image generation (DealCard, discounted)
5. MindStudio — No-code AI app builder (link: https://get.mindstudio.ai/f0v0imke1qvy)
6. Relevance AI — AI automation and workflow
7. Replit — Collaborative AI coding
8. Synthesia — AI video creation
9. Wispr Flow — Voice-to-text (DealCard, discounted)
10. Warp — AI-enhanced terminal
11. ZeroBounce — Email validation
12. Chrome Goldmine — Expired Chrome extensions database

Also includes Apify, Affonso, Tolt, Mailerlite, Tally, Canva, Ghost, Datafa.st, n8n, Perplexity, Claude, and ByeDispute.

## 8. SaaS SEO (/saas-seo)

Hand-picked SEO stack for SaaS founders. Categories: keyword research, backlink building, technical audits, rank tracking, analytics, AEO/GEO. Promo codes surfaced with a `.badge-shimmer` PROMO badge. FAQ schema present.

## 9. SEO Consulting (/seo-consulting)

1:1 SEO consulting for SaaS and startup founders. Scope: technical audits, keyword strategy, content planning, organic growth roadmaps, AI-search optimization (AEO/GEO), privacy-focused SEO strategies. Includes pricing context and contact CTA.

Indicative results referenced on the site:
- Organic traffic increases averaging +150%
- Top-10 keyword ranking lift averaging +300%
- Lead generation increases averaging +85%
- Typical timeline: 3–6 months

## 10. React Development (/react-development)

React, TypeScript, and Next.js development services. Scope: SaaS products, marketing sites, scalable frontends, performance optimization, shadcn-ui implementation, full-stack work with Supabase. Includes scope, process, and contact CTA.

## 11. Online Presence

- X (Twitter): https://x.com/RafVantongerloo
- Indiepa.ge: https://indiepa.ge/r4fken
- Medium: https://medium.com/@raf.vantongerloo
- Substack: https://rocketproof.substack.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafvantongerloo/
- ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/@rafvantongerloo
- Peerlist: https://peerlist.io/r4fken
- GitHub: https://github.com/R4FKEN
- Uneed: configured via `AFFILIATE_LINKS.uneed`
- Gumroad: https://r4fken.gumroad.com
- OpenSea: https://opensea.io/R4FKEN/
- Pepe.wtf: https://pepe.wtf/artists/RafVantongerloo
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Xochicotta/playlists
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christpilleddotcom
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/RafV
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/R4FKEN/
- Printables: https://www.printables.com/@R4FKEN
- Google Search: https://www.google.com/search?q=raf+vantongerloo+indie+maker+seo

## 12. Technical Implementation

- **Frontend**: React 18.3.1 + TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, shadcn-ui
- **Routing**: React Router DOM (>= 6.26.3 pinned for security)
- **State**: TanStack Query
- **Head metadata**: react-helmet-async (per-route title/description/canonical/og:* + JSON-LD)
- **Backgrounds**: managed centrally in `App.tsx` via `routeBackgroundMap`
- **Analytics**: Umami (hierarchical `data-umami-event`), Google Analytics 4 (G-WYNXWT26FJ), Microsoft Clarity, Ahrefs Analytics
- **SEO**: comprehensive meta tags, JSON-LD (Person, Organization, ProfilePage, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage, SoftwareApplication, ItemList), multi-format sitemaps (`pages-sitemap.xml`, `image-sitemap.xml`)
- **Performance**: font preloads (Source Sans Pro woff2), modulepreload for Vite entry, render-critical preconnect for fonts with dns-prefetch for analytics, route chunk prefetching on hover/focus/touchstart plus idle-time prefetch
- **Security**: site-wide HTTPS enforcement via 301 redirects, no cookie banner (intentionally removed)

## 13. Recent Changelog (selected)

- 2026-06-16 — Removed Online Privacy Tools page; added client-side redirects from `/online-privacy` and `/online-privacy-tools` to `/tools`; promoted Journey timeline item titles from h3 to h2 for proper heading hierarchy.
- 2026-06-06 — Mobile navigation FAB and drawer X close button; IndieFast banner made fully clickable.
- 2026-05-30 — "Featured on Uneed" social-proof entry on homepage; sidebar Uneed link uses centralized affiliate config.
- 2026-05-29 — Homepage project order: shitfa.st and Chrome Goldmine moved to top; Linkto user count updated.
- 2026-05-09 — Removed Carrd references and affiliate link site-wide; fixed duplicate meta tags via `data-rh="true"` on static head tags.
- 2026-05-03 — Performance pass: preloads, modulepreload, route prefetching, idle-time prefetch.
- 2026-05-02 — Homepage projects pruned; ItemList JSON-LD order synced.
- 2026-04-30 — Homepage affiliate badges (revid.ai, outrank.so) with hover-card descriptions.
- 2026-04-27 — GA4 global event tracking (outbound_click, button_click, scroll_depth) and production source maps.
- 2026-03-09 — Site-wide Umami event tracking via `data-umami-event`.
- 2026-03-07 — Person JSON-LD on all pages.
- 2026-03-05 — Site-wide HTTPS enforcement via 301 redirects.
- 2026-02-14 — Breadcrumb schemas on all pages.
- 2026-01-08 — FAQ schemas on Tools, Tech Stack, SaaS SEO pages.

## 14. Target Audience

SaaS companies needing SEO, startups needing React development, businesses seeking automation, privacy-conscious individuals, fellow indie makers, technical readers interested in SEO/automation/AI, and AI tool early adopters.

## 15. Contact

For SEO consulting, React development, or business automation inquiries, reach out via the website or any of the social profiles in section 11.