Notes on AI, software craft, and the quiet art of building for the web.
I'm Theodoros. Twenty-three years building things for the internet — custom applications, e-commerce, AI tooling. I write here to think slowly in a fast industry, and to share what I learn along the way.
Spectators at backgammon and chess, table chat that reaches your opponent, birimba done right
The arcades and internet cafés of our youth were never about the games. They were about the friend standing behind you. Connect Cafe is my way of keeping those friendships alive, and this week it got spectators and table chat.
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AstroBaaS is open source: a self-hosted, MCP-ready CMS and backend on Astro
After about a year of work, I'm releasing AstroBaaS: a self-hosted, TypeScript-native headless CMS and backend built on Astro, with a built-in admin and an MCP server so AI agents can read and write content. Here's why I built it, what it does, and what's still missing.
Product Launch - 4 min
askTheodor is live — I hired myself an AI workforce
On 17 July 2026 I launched askTheodor: AI workers for sales, ops, research and content that run on your own machine. You hand them the job; you approve what they send. Here's the story from the builder's seat.
AI & Machine Learning - 5 min
Moltbot: The Viral 'Claude with Hands' (Formerly Clawdbot)
Meet Moltbot, the self-hosted AI agent that's taking the internet by storm. Learn about its rebrand from Clawdbot, its ability to integrate with your favorite apps, and how to get it running locally.
AI & Machine Learning - 5 min
Nvidia's AI Empire: How Jensen Huang Built the Future of Computing
Technology - 4 min
Marketing Skills for Claude Code
Fine-tune Claude Code for marketing tasks with this open-source collection of specialized skills. From CRO and copywriting to SEO and growth engineering, give your AI agent the knowledge it needs.
AI & Machine Learning - 5 min
Kimi K2 Thinking: Open‑Source Reasoning Hits the Frontier
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 Thinking pushes open‑source reasoning to frontier‑level benchmarks with tool-augmented performance, fast INT4 inference, and real-world agentic coding gains.
AI & Machine Learning
Selected work
A few recent things I've built.
askTheodor — a local-first AI workforce for companies of one
A desktop app that staffs a one-person company with AI workers for sales, ops, research and content. Theodor, the chief of staff, splits the work, hands it to specialists and reports back; nothing leaves the machine without your approval. It started in 2024 as a web chat with eight AI agents, and relaunched on 17 July 2026 as a native app for macOS and Windows.
AstroBaaS — Self-Hosted Headless CMS & Backend on Astro
A self-hosted, TypeScript-native headless CMS and backend built on Astro, with a content admin built in — one Node process, and an MCP server so AI agents can read and write content.
Οπτική Γωνία — Custom Eyewear E-commerce Platform
A fully custom-built eyewear store for a Greek optical retailer — no templates, no page builders, no off-the-shelf platform. A bespoke Next.js storefront with 3D product visualisation and AI-powered virtual try-on, backed by a custom Astro headless CMS, self-hosted on a VPS.
Virtual Try-On WooCommerce Plugin - Revolutionary AI Technology
A breakthrough AI-powered WordPress plugin that enables virtual try-on experiences using regular HD photos - no expensive professional photography needed!
What I build for clients.
Twenty-three years of shipping — most of it for businesses that needed something built properly the first time.
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AI integration & agents
Assistants and autonomous agents that do real work — including on-premise models when the data cannot leave the building.
askTheodor · MediKI · ClawdBot - 02
E-commerce platforms
Custom storefronts and the systems behind them. No templates, no page builders, when the business has outgrown them.
Οπτική Γωνία · Virtual Try-On - 03
Custom applications & MVPs
From a first working version to a system a team can run on. Architecture, build, and the unglamorous parts that keep it alive.
eChurch · VPMS · EnvVault
Have something that needs building?
I take on a small number of client projects at a time — consulting, architecture, and hands-on engineering. Tell me what you are working on, or book a call and we will talk it through.
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