Klemens

I'm taking my journey to the public stage! Embracing #BuildInPublic 🚀, I'll post regular updates on side projects and other insights into the world of web & mobile app development and more. Let's share, learn, and innovate together! 🖥📱#DevJourney #TogetherWeBuild #WebDev

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EU regulating again 🙄 I don’t need a replaceable battery. I want: • waterproof • thin • no creaks I’ll happily pay for a battery swap once every 3 years.

🇪🇺 The EU just banned cash payments over €10,000 and will require ID for every Bitcoin transaction starting 2027. They're criminalizing privacy.

Nokia’s CEO ended his final speech in tears, saying, "We didn’t do anything wrong." That’s the scariest part about life and business. You can follow every rule, work hard, and still lose everything because you’re playing a game that doesn't even exist anymore. Nokia’s big mistake wasn't a lack of talent. It was their own ego. They were so proud of being the "Kings of the Cell Phone" that they forgot the world was moving past just making calls. They were obsessed with the hardware, the plastic and the buttons, while everyone else was falling in love with the software. They weren't just beat by Apple or Google. They were beat by their own nostalgia. They kept trying to perfect the past instead of building the future. It’s a brutal reminder: the moment you think you’ve "arrived" is the exact moment you start dying. In a world that never stops changing, standing still is the same thing as moving backward. Don’t Fall in Love With Your Own Success. It’s the Fastest Way to Become a Relic.

Life's a movie

European tech founder success story: 25 - Graduate from Karlsruhe University 26 - Unpaid internship at Deutsche Telekom 27 - First job as Junior IT Coordinator (€1,200/month) 31 - Quit to "start a business" 32 - Attend five EU startup workshops in Brussels 33 - Set up company, apply for permits 34 - Apply for funding from EU Innovation Fund 35 - Receive €25K grant 36 - Receive GDPR compliance violation, €15K fine 37 - Close company, owe €8K in taxes on zero revenue 38 - Start online certificate in AI Regulatory Ethics 40 - Get a €1,800/month government job, can never be fired 50 - Update LinkedIn to "Ex-Founder | Sustainability Leader | AI Leader | Systems Thinker" Americans would never understand this journey

I hate spending money on depreciating assets. Don’t build liabilities and call it a lifestyle.

If you want different results, stretch your time horizon. Most people think in days. Some think in months. Start thinking in years and decades. Short-term feels urgent. Long-term builds everything that actually lasts.

There are people whose only real talent is turning neutral situations into full-blown crises. Stay away as far as possible.

After living in a city, avoidant dating behavior outside of it really stands out.

Broooooooooooo, Neverrrrrrrr Everrrrrrrr look desperate in life. Remain calm during hard times. Understand it's just your time to suffer like every great man before you.

Tired of being the one who does the mature thing - asking for clarity and ending things respectfully. But it’s necessary. It’s not weakness. It’s self-respect.

The masculine urge to have a beautiful wife with 5 kids, $100mm in the bank, multiple international residences, fluency in several languages, and 12% body fat at age 40.

@readswithravi In retrospect, it feels inevitable. Like it was always true.

I'm in love with this sentence: “Forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach.”

@OrevaZSN People remember what they felt - not what they caused.

The hardest pill to swallow is realising people do not care. They’ll hurt you and really go on about their lives. Not even slightly affected about what they did to you and how you feel. Regardless if it’s friendships, relationships, or family.

2026 is locked. Plan is in place. Now it’s just boring execution until it looks like “overnight success.”

Ambiguity favors the person least invested. If you want clarity, create pressure or walk.

If in a rut > shave > haircut > vacation > new books > pray to god > new clothes > movies/show > youtube spree > call your parents > reconnect with old friend > write down your worries on paper You will figure out a way out of your problems 10 our of 10 times

Clarity means accepting decisions as final. No second guessing.