Notes on design, building, and whatever else is on my mind.

Crowds standing on the graffiti-covered Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, 10 November 1989.

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I built a time machine last weekend. It only goes to ten moments in history…

A GitHub contribution graph that stays empty until late June, then fills with green squares through September.

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I’m a designer. I can write HTML, CSS and JS half-decently, but I shouldn’t be able to do this…

A stippled illustration of a Pac-Man maze, with a round character on the left and four ghosts on the right.

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I applied for a job yesterday, and there was this really interesting question on the form. Thought I’d share it here…

A frosted-glass alert reading “Turn Off Alarm? It looks like you’re awake,” with Leave On and Turn Off buttons.

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I get this a lot from friends and family who are not in tech. They kind of assume that I just push rectangles…

Linear’s homepage, headlined “The product development system for teams and agents,” with Nikolay in a webcam bubble.

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Linear’s welcome wizard is 7 steps. Pick a theme, try the command menu, connect GitHub, invite teammates…

On a park path under tall evergreens, a man in a cap and denim jacket holds the hand of a toddler with an orange ball.

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Just had a long weekend over here, celebrating Orthodox Easter and I had some time to reflect…

Intercom’s homepage, headlined “The only helpdesk designed for the AI Agent era,” with Nikolay in a webcam bubble.

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I signed up for Intercom and told them exactly what I wanted…

A hand holds up Richard P. Feynman’s book “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out” in front of a blurred bookshelf.

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Feynman said the pleasure is in finding out how things work. Vibecoding is the opposite bet…

Notion’s homepage, headlined “Meet the night shift,” with Nikolay in a webcam bubble.

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I’m starting a new series called 🏃‍♂️🕐 First 5 Minutes. I sign up for popular SaaS tools and…

A young man stares at his reflection in a bathroom mirror, with a handwritten note saying it was generated by AI.

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You use AI to do great work. Then someone calls it AI slop…

A cartoon lobster in a blue knit hoodie types at a desk in a sunny home office, with charts on the monitor.

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I run a SaaS onboarding consultancy. Solo. I work with founders and product teams…