Andrei Furdui
Product EngineerI ship products fast.
Principles
- Less is more
- Consistency beats intensity
- Perfectionism kills startups
- Code is a liability. Keep it minimal
- Tech debt is leverage if the interest doesn't compound
Bio
- 2002 - Born in Chișinău, Moldova [where?] (0yo)
- 2009 - Started tinkering with Linux and custom Android ROMs (7yo)
- 2016 - Started coding in Python (14yo)
- 2017 - Built a Unity mobile game (15yo)
- 2018 - Landed my first freelance gig. Implemented extreme Qubes OS opsec setup for a privacy-focused client (16yo)
- 2019 - Secured a 6-month frontend contract with a governmental hosting provider in Kazakhstan (17yo)
- 2020 - Moved to Prague the morning after I became a legal adult (18yo)
- 2021-2023 - Developed Audi & Volkswagen assembly line planner apps + other enterprise IIoT systems (18-21yo)
- 2024 - Founded an AR/Crypto startup. Raised $100k (21yo). Managed a team of 6
- 2025 - Moved to Tashkent [where?] with my girlfriend. Closed the startup. Learned from pain (22yo)
- 2026 - Started using Neovim, btw. Optimizing my "system of being" with Lode (23yo)
- typing...