Writer by trade. Developer by night. Chronic tinkerer by necessity.
I spend my days hacking away at manuscripts and my nights wrangling bits and bytes into temporarily stable states to help me do more while worrying less.
- The Day Job: Independent publisher & author of Dino lernt Deutsch.
- The Night Shift: Open source enjoyer, Linux desktop convert (CachyOS), and builder of niche tools.
- Workflow: If a task exists, it should be a script. If a script exists, it will free up precious time to write another script.
- helowrite – A minimalist, distraction-free sanctuary for prose. Built to eliminate the friction between thought and text.
- epub-moe – A React-based editor for surgical precision in EPUB media overlays. Because sometimes "auto-sync" just doesn't cut it for language learners.
- socialsox – A cross-platform desktop app for shouting into the void (Mastodon, X, Bluesky) without losing your mind.
- kde-filtered-taskbar – A minimal KDE Plasma 6 widget for filtering taskbar applications. Show only what matters, close with ease.
- Taming WSL into a Tactical Workbench For A Terminal-First Workflow
- How to get VS Code “Native Tabs” on KDE Plasma (Linux)
- HeloWrite: A Minimalist Terminal Word Processor for Writers
- Modern App Icons Missing on Win11? How a 10-Year-Old Registry Key Ghosted My Taskbar Icons
- AI Isn’t Killing Learning. Our Standards Were Already on Life Support
- Blog: andreklein.net
- Socials: Mastodon | Twitter
- Status: Probably fixing an EPUB or messing around with TUIs.
“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.” ― Joseph Conrad