Today

Hey, I'm Nikolas. I'm a product engineer who's always curious about how we build things – and how AI is making us rethink it all. I believe good products come from understanding the whole picture, from the big idea to the final code.

This is where I share my journey and ideas, hoping to find other folks passionate about building what's next.

Writing

2026

2025: The year I stopped yapping and started shipping

Jan 4

2025

Why I'm just a 'decent' developer (and that's perfect for AI)

Jul 29

AI hype cycle: Wright brothers edition

Jul 22

AI will write 90% of code. Here's why that doesn't scare me

Jul 15

We're all getting hooked on cheap AI

Jul 8

Trading my developer comfort zone for real business skills

Jul 1

I thought I was behind, turns out I'm just specialized

Jun 23

Hello, I'm building

Jun 10

Projects

2026

Yapper

Native macOS app for offline, privacy-first speech-to-text transcription.

active

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

Swift SwiftUI Whisper macOS

Status

Active development, launching in the coming weeks.

ContentFlow

AI-powered blog and article generation with web research and grounded sources.

active

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Status

Active development, pre-launch.

2025

LucidCode

Turn fuzzy app ideas into structured specs AI tools can actually build.

running

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

TanStack Start PostgreSQL AI SDK OpenAI Bun

Status

Launched and live. Gathering early users.

Visit

WatchRival

AI-powered website monitoring and change detection with actionable insights.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

TanStack Start Firecrawl AI SDK Bun

Status

Code completed but abandoned before launch.

Employee Evaluation Tool

Internal company tool for managing employee evaluation processes.

exited

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

TanStack Start TypeScript PostgreSQL Google Gemini AI SDK Bun

Status

Successfully sold to my current company. Actively used by 100+ employees for internal evaluation processes.

[no name yet]

AI agent that helps you achieve your unachievable goals.

active

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

2024

PenPrism

AI writing that keeps your voice. Transform perspectives into content.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

SvelteKit OpenAI Vercel Tailwind CSS

AI Agents List

Curated collection of the best AI agents from across the internet.

running

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Visit

Troden

Time and cost-efficient native MacOS interface for LLMs.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

Tauri Svelte

Beanbrief

AI-driven newsletter client for organizing newsletters.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

Next.js OpenAI Vercel AWS

2023

[no name]

Generating podcast transcripts and creating content from these.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Feedboard

Canny/Upvoty inspired user feedback board.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Lessons

Couldn't find a way to differentiate from the competition.

[no name]

Extremely minimalistic desktop text editor.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Stack

Tauri Svelte

[no name]

X (formerly Twitter) bookmarks organization helper.

abandoned

Journey

Idea →

Dev →

Launched →

Revenue →

Exited

Lessons

Abandoned after Twitter API pricing change (could not afford $42k a month).

Connect

If you want to get in touch with me about something or just to say hi, reach out on social media or send me an email.