From 710d3d06e6a85c25e494c2a6c2111ac2cbf11bfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Mintel <marc@mintel.me>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:45:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: remote without fixed office hours, said on the
 freelance page

The site said "available during European business hours". That is not how
the owner works: he works from wherever he is and plans his own time;
meetings can be arranged, all-day availability cannot. The freelance page
now says so in its booking section, and the homepage answer on how to reach
him no longer promises business hours.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 apps/web/app/[locale]/freelance/page.tsx | 8 ++++++++
 apps/web/plans/freelance-relaunch.md     | 2 +-
 apps/web/src/content/de.ts               | 6 +++++-
 apps/web/src/content/en.ts               | 6 +++++-
 apps/web/src/content/types.ts            | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/app/[locale]/freelance/page.tsx b/apps/web/app/[locale]/freelance/page.tsx
index d09dc0a..75a5991 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/[locale]/freelance/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/[locale]/freelance/page.tsx
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ export default async function FreelancePage({ params }: Props) {
             </div>
           </div>
         </Reveal>
+        <Reveal>
+          <div className="mt-12 border-t border-slate-900 pt-6 md:mt-20">
+            <h3 className="m-0 font-sans text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight text-slate-900 md:text-4xl">
+              {booking.remote.title}
+            </h3>
+            <p className={`${BODY} mt-4 max-w-3xl`}>{booking.remote.text}</p>
+          </div>
+        </Reveal>
       </Block>
 
       <Block
diff --git a/apps/web/plans/freelance-relaunch.md b/apps/web/plans/freelance-relaunch.md
index c566d36..2f1be4a 100644
--- a/apps/web/plans/freelance-relaunch.md
+++ b/apps/web/plans/freelance-relaunch.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Status note: sections 3 to 6 describe the site as built. Sections 2 and 9 are ke
 - **Never mention AI as my own tool.** How I work is none of the client's business: no "AI-built", "AI-accelerated", "AI-code rescue", no FAQ about AI tools. The one exception is the automation service, where AI steps are part of what the client gets (sorting, summarising, reading documents).
 - **Modest and factual.** No promises I have not made (response times, weekly updates, start dates, search ranking). Only state what the owner confirmed. No superlatives.
 - **No internal method vocabulary** on client-facing pages: no specs, TDD, mutation testing, coverage, pull requests. Translate into what the client gets: changes do not break things, predictable cost.
-- Do not say: "everything", "fullstack for anyone", "vibe coding". No location or tax talk; say "remote, available during European business hours".
+- Do not say: "everything", "fullstack for anyone", "vibe coding". No location or tax talk; say "remote". Not "available during European business hours" (owner, 2026-10-05): he works as a digital nomad without fixed hours; meetings can be arranged, all-day availability cannot. This is said on the freelance page only.
 - Pick the visitor up: introduce me first, then let them choose their need (developer for a product, make an app reliable, just a website), then explain for that need what they get, how it runs, what it costs.
 - Language (owner decision, 2026-10-04): German is the main language at the root, English lives under `/en`. The language is detected from the browser and can be switched in the header. The videos and their post texts exist in both languages too (`apps/video/src/content/videos.ts`).
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/content/de.ts b/apps/web/src/content/de.ts
index 2f5e527..723fa4c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/content/de.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/content/de.ts
@@ -585,6 +585,10 @@ export const de: Content = {
         "Einzelne Tage buche ich nicht",
       ],
       cta: "Verfügbarkeit anfragen",
+      remote: {
+        title: "Remote, ohne feste Bürozeiten",
+        text: "Ich arbeite ortsunabhängig und teile mir die Zeit selbst ein. Für Meetings mit Ihrem Team bin ich nach Absprache da. Eine durchgehende Erreichbarkeit über den ganzen Tag gibt es nicht; dafür arbeite ich in der übrigen Zeit ungestört an Ihrem Projekt.",
+      },
     },
     teaser: {
       title: "Sie entwickeln selbst oder leiten ein Team?",
@@ -802,7 +806,7 @@ export const de: Content = {
       {
         question: "Wie erreiche ich Sie?",
         answer:
-          "Per E-Mail oder Videocall. Ich arbeite remote und bin zu europäischen Geschäftszeiten erreichbar.",
+          "Per E-Mail oder Videocall. Ich arbeite remote; einen Termin vereinbaren wir so, dass er für Sie passt.",
       },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/apps/web/src/content/en.ts b/apps/web/src/content/en.ts
index bfcb592..3b474b2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/content/en.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/content/en.ts
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ export const en: Content = {
         "I do not book single days",
       ],
       cta: "Ask about availability",
+      remote: {
+        title: "Remote, without fixed office hours",
+        text: "I work from wherever I am and plan my own time. For meetings with your team I am there by arrangement. I am not reachable all day long; in return I work on your project undisturbed the rest of the time.",
+      },
     },
     teaser: {
       title: "You develop yourself or lead a team?",
@@ -782,7 +786,7 @@ export const en: Content = {
       {
         question: "How do I reach you?",
         answer:
-          "By email or video call. I work remotely and am available during European business hours.",
+          "By email or video call. I work remotely; we agree on a time that suits you.",
       },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/apps/web/src/content/types.ts b/apps/web/src/content/types.ts
index 71d6a02..425b158 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/content/types.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/content/types.ts
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ export type Content = {
       readonly example: PathPrice;
       readonly terms: readonly string[];
       readonly cta: string;
+      /** Where and when the owner works: remote, no fixed hours, meetings by arrangement. */
+      readonly remote: TitledText;
     };
     /** The pointer to this page on the homepage. */
     readonly teaser: TitledText & { readonly cta: string };