Hi, I'm Michal

I'm the one-man army behind Syften. Working solo and full-time to deliver fresh, hand-baked, artisanal mentions straight to your inbox.

I graduated from the Department of Computer Science at Wroclaw University in 2014 and spent my career as a programmer and systems administrator. I've been programming since I was 12 and running servers since I was 14, always with my trusty 1989 IBM Model M keyboard. The highlight of my career was becoming a member of the OpenBSD project. In April 2018, I left and decided to start my own business.

After creating a few unsuccessful products, one finally started to gain some traction. To find more customers, I wrote a script that would notify me whenever someone mentioned a particular phrase on Reddit. I 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 I switched to working on it full-time.

I 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.

I live in Kraków, Poland.

Abi Noda for helping me get started.

Sean Murphy for helping me gain traction.

Olly Meakings for marketing advice.

Reilly Chase for guidance.

Daniela for advice on the landing page.

My customers, who allow me to work on the project without outside funding.