nicolai johannesen

Palawan, Philippines · Updated 27 July 2026

Building a one-person AI company from Palawan — software, books, and the methods behind them.

Now

Shipping small, steady updates across the live products and the tool I build them with.

The Let Them Struggle reader now lets you tap the English or Danish column to choose which language reads aloud, and tap any headline to jump straight there. Trade Time has a page for every exchange now, plus a free API and an MCP server so code and agents can use the same market data. And the Book Editor — the local-first cockpit I write the books in — now keeps each book's standard on screen at the point of every edit. Version-by-version detail is in Recent ships.

On the side, an experiment: Battle of Ideas shows the strongest case for and against a contested claim — both sides argued at full strength by AI, red-teamed, and checked against sources.

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New 27 July 2026

The Daybook — a day-by-day record of what actually got worked on, including a first honest look at the AI video work: mostly study, a few pieces that hold up.

Building 27 July 2026

Scuba Education Online — an online school for the understanding behind diving, not the certification. 462 teaching units mapped; three films exist as rough cuts.

Shipped 23 July 2026

Trade Time v4.36.11 — the source audit: every one of the 60 exchange citations verified, 38 repaired, and three calendar bugs fixed on the way. Singapore alone would have been wrong five days next year.

Shipped 20 July 2026

Trade Time v4.36.0 — the first ask: a buy-me-a-coffee link in the footer and on every exchange page. Still free, still no ads, nothing gated.

Shipped 19 July 2026

Trade Time v4.35.0 — a page for every exchange, a Sunday–Thursday weekend fix, and a unified look now under the Trade Time name

Experiment 7 July 2026

Battle of Ideas — the strongest case for and against a contested claim, both sides argued at full strength and checked against sources

Shipped 3 July 2026

Second Brain Starter Kit — my first open-source release: the file-based memory system, as a template

Shipped 3 July 2026

This site now serves from Cloudflare's edge — same pages, atomic deploys, and a Contact link that finally works

In-house tool 2 July 2026

Mission Control — one screen for the one-person company

Shipped 6 July 2026

Trade Time v4.34.0 — a free public API and an official MCP server: the same market data, now for code and AI agents

In-house tool 24 June 2026

Book Editor v0.13.0 — the local-first authoring cockpit I write the books in, now with a project page