About Syften

Syften is a bootstrapped project led by Michał Mazurek, based in Kraków, Poland.

Michał graduated from the Department of Computer Science at Wroclaw University in 2014 and spent his career as a programmer and systems administrator. He has been programming since he was 12 and running servers since he was 14, always with his trusty 1989 IBM Model M keyboard. The highlight of his career was becoming a member of the OpenBSD project. In April 2018, he left his job and started his own business.

After creating a few unsuccessful products, one finally started to gain some traction. To find more customers, Michał wrote a script that would notify him whenever someone mentioned a particular phrase on Reddit. He shared this script on Indie Hackers, where it received a very warm reception. It turned out the script was far more popular than the tool it was originally created for, so he switched to working on it full-time.

We named the tool Syften, inspired by an Old English verb meaning to sift, strain, or percolate; to pass through a riddle. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/syften.

Sean Murphy for helping Syften gain traction.

Olly Meakings for marketing advice.

Reilly Chase for guidance.

Daniela for advice on the landing page.

Syften's customers, who make it possible to keep working on the project without outside funding.

If you have questions, use the chat widget or email hello@syften.com.