Andrei Furdui
product engineer
Core Beliefs
- 01
Less is more.
- 02
Consistency beats intensity.
- 03
Perfectionism kills startups.
- 04
Code is a liability. Keep it minimal.
- 05
Tech debt is leverage if the interest doesn't compound.
Selected Work
Lode Ecosystem
Self-quantification suite for time and finance tracking.
ARCOIN
Location-based AR. 122k monthly active users at peak.
furdui studio
My studio. A journey through Saturn’s system in ASCII and Three.js.
BEAM CSS
A semantic, browser-native CSS architecture.
hap
Parallel coding agents across Git worktrees.
Audi DPA
Assembly-line and resource planning for Audi and Volkswagen.
Bio
- 2002
Born in Chișinău, Moldova [where?].
- 2009
Started tinkering with Linux and custom Android ROMs.
- 2016
Started coding in Python.
- 2017
Implemented extreme Qubes OS opsec setup for a privacy-focused client.
- 2018
Built a Unity mobile game.
- 2019
Secured a 6-month frontend contract with a governmental hosting provider in Kazakhstan.
- 2020
Moved to Prague the morning after I became a legal adult.
- 2021
Developed Audi & Volkswagen assembly line planner apps + other enterprise IIoT systems.
- 2024
Founded an AR/Web3 startup. Raised $100k. Led a team of 6.
- 2025
Moved to Tashkent [where?] with my girlfriend. Closed the startup. Learned from pain.
- 2026
Started using Neovim, btw. Optimizing my feedback loops with Lode.
Contact
- Email[email protected]
- Calendarcal.com/thefurdui/15min
- GitHubgithub.com/thefurdui
- Twitterx.com/thefurdui