Max Schlee
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!"
About Me
Max Schlee — Qt and C++ Programming Expert
Author of the Qt and C++ programming book series. Founder of NEONWAY. Software developer and AI-assisted development specialist with over 20 years of experience.
Born in Russia, he moved to Germany in 1990. He got interested in programming at school age and wrote his first real program in 1994 using Pascal and Assembler.
He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern (Germany) in 2002 with a degree in Diplom-Informatiker (FH). He has programmed in C and C++ since 1996, and discovered the Qt framework in 2001.
After university, he worked at leading technology companies — THOMSON Broadcast & Media Solutions, Grass Valley Germany, Digital Film Technology GmbH, Goober Ltd., and Advancis Software und Services GmbH — developing software with Qt and C++.
In 2013, he founded his own company, NEONWAY, and fully dedicated himself to software development, book writing, and personal projects.
AI-Enhanced Development
AI is now a working partner across the full development lifecycle — from software architecture with Claude and GPT-5, to code generation and refactoring with Cursor, to automated testing and content creation. This AI-assisted workflow has cut MVP development time from weeks to days while preserving architectural rigor and Qt best practices.
Expert Skills
C++, Python, Qt5/Qt6, UI/UX design, cross-platform development, AI-assisted programming
AI Tools
Claude, GPT-5, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Whisper API, Suno, ElevenLabs
Languages
German (native), Russian (native), English (fluent)
Location
Trulben, Germany
AI Specialization
Software architecture, rapid prototyping, test automation, content generation
Selected Work & Portfolio
Two decades of Qt/C++ development, distilled into a portfolio spanning consumer apps, trading software, and AI-driven workflows.
NEONWAY App Portfolio
100+ cross-platform applications published on the App Store, Microsoft Store, and Google Play, reaching 2M+ downloads in 50+ countries — with a proprietary 33-language auto-translation and localization system.
Stock Exchange & Crypto Analysis Platform
A professional analytics platform for stock exchange and cryptocurrency markets, with 100+ technical indicators and multi-exchange data integration, built on years of financial-market research.
App Store Optimization
10+ years of proprietary ASO methodology, tested and proven across 100+ live apps on Apple and Microsoft platforms.
AI-Assisted Development Pipeline
A custom workflow combining Claude, GPT-5, and Cursor that reduced MVP development time from weeks to days without sacrificing architecture quality.
My Latest Book
"Qt 6.9. Professional C++ Programming"
A complete course and reference for professional C++ developers, unifying classical Qt development with the modern AI paradigm — from the meta-object system and Qt Quick/QML to mobile publishing, plus a dedicated part on AI-assisted development and prompt engineering. Available on Amazon Kindle, Google Play Books, Apple Books, and Tolino.
After reading the book you will:
Modern Qt & C++
Master the meta-object system, class hierarchy, containers, and the Qt 5 → Qt 6 migration path
Qt Quick & QML
Build fluid UIs with animations, model/view architecture, shader effects, and Qt Quick 3D
Cross-Platform GUI
Create desktop and mobile interfaces with Qt Widgets, Qt Quick, and QML across five platforms
Mobile Development
Go from environment setup to a full worked example and app store publishing for iOS and Android
Multimedia & Graphics
Work with 2D/3D graphics, multimedia, multithreading, networking, and SQL/XML/JSON/Protobuf
AI & Prompt Engineering
Use AI-IDEs, chatbots, and agent-based workflows in Qt development, with 16 ready-to-use AI prompts
Publications
Qt-Book.com 2026, 1st edition, ISBN (eBook): 978-3-9829084-0-3 (English)
Qt-Book.com 2026, 1. Auflage, ISBN (eBook): 978-3-9829084-1-0 (German)
BHV Sankt-Petersburg 2026, ISBN: 978-5-9775-2139-0 (Russian)
BHV Sankt-Petersburg 2018, ISBN: 978-5-9775-3678-3
BHV Sankt-Petersburg 2015, ISBN: 978-5-9775-3346-1
BHV Sankt-Petersburg 2012, ISBN: 978-5-9775-0736-3
BHV Sankt-Petersburg 2010, ISBN: 978-5-9775-0398-3
BHV Sankt-Petersburg 2007, ISBN: 978-5-9775-0010-4
BHV Sankt-Petersburg 2005, ISBN: 5-94157-566-1 (первая книга!)
AVI'04 Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, ACM New York, 2004, ISBN 1-58113-867-9
Marco Emrich, Max Schlee, ObjektSpektrum 5/2003
U.W. Eisenecker, M.Emrich, C.Endler and M.Schlee, Fraunhofer IESE and University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern 2003
Get in Touch
Open to consulting, technical writing, and Qt/C++ or AI-assisted development projects.