Software, systems, the mind — and whatever else seems worth exploring.

I self-host what I can and keep pulling apart the tools I rely on. Sometimes that becomes a project. Sometimes a post. Usually another question.

What I do

Tools that started close to home.

Each began with something I wanted to use myself. The complete product details live on the software pages.

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Pine

v0.5.0

A terminal client for browsing and playing self-hosted audiobooks and podcasts through Audiobookshelf.

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Mimosa

Active development

A native infinite canvas where I explore fast interaction, direct manipulation, and visual thinking.

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Spruce

v0.1.0

A keyboard-first terminal client for browsing and playing music from a self-hosted Jellyfin library.

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What I find interesting

Tools you can understand and shape.

I keep coming back to self-hosted systems, direct interfaces, visual thinking, automation, and the small choices that make software feel like your own. Writing gives those questions more room.

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Wiktor Ziębka

Who I am

I learn by making things.

I am a software engineer at ABAX. Outside work, I build small tools around problems I actually have: self-hosted media, visual thinking, automation, and better ways to stay close to the systems I use.

I have used thelost77 online for most of my life — a name from years spent looking for answers. I am less lost now, but I kept the part that asks questions and changes direction when something better appears.

I also work as a hypnotherapist in Polish. That work has its own place on this site →