About SandsteinLabs
A place for software ideas worth exploring.
SandsteinLabs is an independent software lab from Dresden. There is no fixed product category and no requirement for every idea to become a business.
Some projects begin as technical experiments. Others start with a small part of everyday life that could work better. What matters is whether the idea can become something useful, distinct, or simply well made.
Not every good idea needs a business plan first.
SandsteinLabs creates room for software that begins with curiosity, a concrete problem, or a simple question: could this work better?
Some ideas become apps. Others remain experiments. What gets published, however, should feel like a real product — considered, reliable, and built with a clear standard of quality.
Dresden · Elbe Sandstone Mountains
A piece of home.
SandsteinLabs carries a piece of Dresden and its surroundings in its name.
Not far from the city, the Elbe Sandstone Mountains begin with their distinctive rock formations and the Bastei. The landscape is deeply rooted in the region, unmistakable, and surprisingly clear in its forms.
That connection is where the name comes from — and a small counterpoint to an industry whose products can often feel as if they came from anywhere.
How SandsteinLabs works
Clarity
Good software should rarely need to explain how it wants to be used. Features may be complex. Using them should not be.
Architecture
Modularity and clean architecture are not goals in themselves. They create the space for software to evolve without becoming more fragile with every new idea.
Privacy
Privacy is part of product quality. Not as a feature on a marketing checklist, but as part of the decisions made while building a product.
Accessibility
Good software should be open to as many people as possible — regardless of how they operate a device or perceive content.
Who’s behind it
SandsteinLabs is built by Vinzenz Fuhrmann.
Vinzenz holds an M.Sc. in Media Computer Science from TU Dresden, works as a software engineer, and has been building software outside of work for almost a decade — from simple HTML and CSS pages to modern web applications and native apps.
What fascinates him most is the combination of clean architecture, intuitive UI/UX, and the moment when code turns into an actual product.
“Coding is me time.”
How things are built
SandsteinLabs uses modern web and app technologies, clean interfaces, and modular architecture. Technology is not an end in itself, but a means of keeping products understandable and adaptable over time.
What matters is what comes out of it.
SandsteinLabs is not meant to be a showcase for technologies, but a place for products. The technology may be complex underneath — the result should feel as natural as possible on the surface.