I’m Max - a developer, crypto nerd and introvert rebuilding life one side project at a time. This blog is my way of staying sane while building for freedom.
I've tried a lot of AI tools. Most of them are noise. NotebookLM is one of the few that actually changed how I read books, build routines, and process information — without pretending to replace my brain.
Vibe2Tweet is an open-source Telegram bot that uses OpenAI to generate 3 post variants and publish your drafts to X with multi-persona prompts.
I was writing a movie list post, needed lots of posters from IMDB, got tired of opening “View Source” over and over, built a tiny local tool… then turned it into a simple online utility when I found it again during a “clean my Mac” phase.
One word sums up 2025: disappointment. In things, people, countries, ideas. A short year-end recap that turned out pretty dark — and that's okay.
A personal ranked list of werewolf movies — from 1925 to today. Started as a LiveJournal post in 2012, grew into an obsessive catalog with IMDB links, plot summaries, and honest ratings.
48 hours from idea to live App Store build: a fully offline, AES-256-encrypted diary with an on-device LLaMA model. One weekend, one rejection, two hot-fixes, and a running Twitter play-by-play.
On the moral toll of leaving Russia, building a life abroad, and trying to reconcile public values with private obligations. What changed in my work, my money, my circle — and what I'm still figuring out.
At 29, I was buried in debt, betrayed by partners, and haunted by a handshake deal gone wrong. This is a true story of how bad decisions, blind trust, and the Russian way of doing business nearly broke me — and what I learned clawing my way out.
Three years, one shared apartment, two clients handed over, and one painful lesson: you can't drag someone who doesn't want to move. Here's what it cost me — and what I do differently now.
A tiny app I built to stop doomscrolling and start doing... something. No tracking, no accounts — just one button and your own list of things worth doing (or pretending to).
I built a Chrome extension that gives you emotional validation for doing the bare minimum. One button, one compliment, zero pressure. It won’t fix your life, but it’ll clap when you exist.
Juggling around 30 Chrome extensions just for crypto wallets was pure chaos. To bring some order to this madness, I dove into some vibe-coding and came up with ExtenSwitch.
A step-by-step guide on efficiently updating links across thousands of Elementor-built pages using the Better Search Replace plugin.
Hi all! I’m back to updating this blog. Over the past year, I've had notable crypto success despite the bear market, landing some great drops. I'll be sharing my crypto journey and details about my blockchain projects. Stay tuned for more updates!