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.
- copilot-usage-tracker – A dual-interface tool for monitoring your GitHub Copilot Pro usage. Terminal UI or system tray icon.
- Fauxmarchy: A Sacrilegious Hyprland/KDE Setup
- Vault Dweller: How I Ditched The Cloud For A Pi And A Git Repo
- I Went Back to Boring Web Dev, and I’m Not Sorry
- How to Create a Global Color Picker Hotkey in KDE Plasma (Without Widgets)
- The End-Boss of Linux Formatting: RTL Annotations in PDF
- 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