starikov.dev

Herman Starikov

I make interfaces for the loops between atoms, bits, and waves.

Systems where people and AI agents learn, plan, and make progress.

AI log

Week 1 / May 24-30, 2026

Week 1 with Codex

We started with a personal mission, then followed the thread into tactile buttons, haptics, clocks, scroll, screenshots, deployment, and a homepage organized around weekly AI work.

Ideas

Todos, reminders, and unfinished threads.

RemindersOpen loops, todos, and things worth circling back to before they disappear into chat history.PortalsA saved visual thread for wormholes, thresholds, and the atoms/bits/waves loop.

Makes

Apps, notes, and on-page experiments.

Keyboard buttonA tactile component study: Magic Keyboard geometry, sound, haptics, active state, and dark mode.ClocksA note on time as interface material: rhythm, decay, scroll, shared context, and motion.ScrollA scroll dashboard experiment where the viewport becomes a windshield and the page becomes a road.Isometric ditheringA visual lab for square, dithered geometry that can symbolize atoms, bits, waves, and loops.CalendarA small public tool surface from the earlier version of the site.FitnessA personal app thread for routines, tracking, and physical-world feedback.

Links and content I liked or reacted to.

Liked linksA running collection of links, references, and reactions that are shaping the site.fluidfunctionalism.comMotion as information, not decoration. Good reference for tactile controls.sensory-ui.comThis is close to what I want from UI sound and haptics.shadcn.ioUseful reference for the colorful light above the page.

About

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Page

A living homepage for weekly AI work, interface experiments, reminders, and saved references.

Website

starikov.dev is becoming a personal operating surface: part notebook, part lab, part public memory.

Author

Russian-Canadian frontend engineer, husband, father, and maker of AI-assisted life interfaces.

Stack

Next.js, React, TypeScript, CSS, Vercel, and a growing pile of Codex-shaped iteration logs.