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BuildingWindrose
Agent-first analytics that turns traffic evidence into useful next actions.
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Hello, I'm Taras Frank · May '26
Software engineer
by day, adventurer
at heart.
Exploring the world, one trail, dive, and story at a time.
↳say hi if you're in town
— Taras Frank
№ 01
Currently,
A snapshot of what's keeping me busy right now — projects, training blocks, and curiosities.
shipping
BuildingQuell
A native iPhone app for quitting vaping without dark patterns or AI gimmicks.
pre-release
Nov '26
TrainingGuatemala 100K
Building toward a night start, three volcanoes, and a very long day outside.
100 km · 6,500 m+
№ 02
From the Lab.
Products and working systems built from curiosity, friction, or a question I could not leave alone.
Agent-first analytics
Live2026
Windrose
Cookieless web analytics designed for AI agents to query, understand, and act on.
TypeScriptBunPostgreSQLMCP
Open notebook →
Native health app
Shipping2026
Quell
A native iPhone app for quitting vaping, built around honest progress and deep Apple integration.
SwiftUISwiftDataWidgetKitwatchOS
Open notebook →
Workflow system
Ongoing2025–2026
Agentic Development System
A personal operating system of skills, loops, verification, and notes for working with coding agents.
Claude CodeOpenCodeGitHubMCP
Open notebook →№ 03
By the
Numbers.
A log of distances, depths, and years spent doing the thing — kept honest.
20m
Deepest Freedive
Cenote · Yucatán
3
Ultra Races
Trail · 2024 / 2025
119km
Max Distance
CUT Trail · Cappadocia '24
18+
Years Coding
Bavaria → Berlin
№ 04
My Passions.
The things I come back to with or without a camera, the day job, or anyone watching.
i.
Ultra Marathon Running
Pushing my limits across mountains, deserts, and trails in races beyond the marathon distance.
119 KMLongest Race
3Ultras Completed
23h 44minFinish Time
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ii.
Japan & Japanese Culture
A long-running love affair with Japan — the language, the food, the slow rituals, the trips that never feel long enough.
—Trips So Far
—Japanese Level
—Next Trip
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iii.
Gaming
From retro consoles to modern RPGs — the games, runs, and collections that have kept me hooked over the years.
—Current Setup
—Favourite Genre
—Backlog
Explore →№ 05
Latest Notes.
Stories from the workbench and the trail, including what worked and what did not.
— Cappadocia, Turkey
Running · · Cappadocia, Turkey · 3 min
The 63km That Changed Everything
After 10 hours of running through Cappadocia's trails, I crossed the finish line still standing. That's when I knew I had to go back—for 119km.
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