Vlad Haltakov
@haltakov.net
Building products in the age of AI. Automating everything. Ex-VP Eng (cybersecurity), ex-BMW (self-driving).
The year so far…
> Quit my job
> Kid #2 was born
> Rejected a CTO level position at a startup
> Rejected a $200K position as Head of AI
> Rejected another very well paid position
> Building simplepost.dev and simple.photo instead
Sometimes I think I‘m crazy
> Quit my job
> Kid #2 was born
> Rejected a CTO level position at a startup
> Rejected a $200K position as Head of AI
> Rejected another very well paid position
> Building simplepost.dev and simple.photo instead
Sometimes I think I‘m crazy
Simple Photo Gallery - Beautiful photo galleries in minutes
Transform your messy photo folders into beautiful, story-driven galleries in minutes
simple.photo
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The year so far…
> Quit my job
> Kid #2 was born
> Rejected a CTO level position at a startup
> Rejected a $200K position as Head of AI
> Rejected another very well paid position
> Building simplepost.dev and simple.photo instead
Sometimes I think I‘m crazy
> Quit my job
> Kid #2 was born
> Rejected a CTO level position at a startup
> Rejected a $200K position as Head of AI
> Rejected another very well paid position
> Building simplepost.dev and simple.photo instead
Sometimes I think I‘m crazy
Can‘t wait to launch the new landing page!
What do you think?
What do you think?
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can‘t wait to launch the new landing page!
What do you think?
What do you think?
Creating a great landing page is honestly one of the hardest problems…
I can create a scalable and fast thumbnails generation pipeline, implement custom domains binding in couple of hours and design scalable, maintainable platforms… but a landing page always makes me sweat…
I can create a scalable and fast thumbnails generation pipeline, implement custom domains binding in couple of hours and design scalable, maintainable platforms… but a landing page always makes me sweat…
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Creating a great landing page is honestly one of the hardest problems…
I can create a scalable and fast thumbnails generation pipeline, implement custom domains binding in couple of hours and design scalable, maintainable platforms… but a landing page always makes me sweat…
I can create a scalable and fast thumbnails generation pipeline, implement custom domains binding in couple of hours and design scalable, maintainable platforms… but a landing page always makes me sweat…
It's a weird feeling when you look at a code base and you wish it was written with more AI, because you know it would have been better...
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's a weird feeling when you look at a code base and you wish it was written with more AI, because you know it would have been better...
New video published 🚀
How we create thumbnails for Simple Photo Gallery in a fast and scalable way using @Cloudflare workers.
youtu.be/Wqv9iHNevMA
How we create thumbnails for Simple Photo Gallery in a fast and scalable way using @Cloudflare workers.
youtu.be/Wqv9iHNevMA
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New video published 🚀
How we create thumbnails for Simple Photo Gallery in a fast and scalable way using @Cloudflare workers.
youtu.be/Wqv9iHNevMA
How we create thumbnails for Simple Photo Gallery in a fast and scalable way using @Cloudflare workers.
youtu.be/Wqv9iHNevMA
We just enabled the Pro plan for Simple Photo Gallery giving you 2 TB of storage, custom domains, embedded galleries and more for $30/m.
The price will raise to $50/m once all features are ready, but you can lock the price forever by subscribing now!
simple.photo
The price will raise to $50/m once all features are ready, but you can lock the price forever by subscribing now!
simple.photo
Simple Photo Gallery - Beautiful photo galleries in minutes
Transform your messy photo folders into beautiful, story-driven galleries in minutes
simple.photo
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We just enabled the Pro plan for Simple Photo Gallery giving you 2 TB of storage, custom domains, embedded galleries and more for $30/m.
The price will raise to $50/m once all features are ready, but you can lock the price forever by subscribing now!
simple.photo
The price will raise to $50/m once all features are ready, but you can lock the price forever by subscribing now!
simple.photo
The new GPT-5.2 Ultra Hyper-High Gigadynamax Fast model from OpenAI is the best! Basically AGI
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The new GPT-5.2 Ultra Hyper-High Gigadynamax Fast model from OpenAI is the best! Basically AGI
I'm one step ahead of all of you losers
Already upgraded all my apps to react 19.0.3 and next 15.5.9 which fixes the CVEs in RCS that will be found next week, so I can have peaceful holidays!
Already upgraded all my apps to react 19.0.3 and next 15.5.9 which fixes the CVEs in RCS that will be found next week, so I can have peaceful holidays!
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm one step ahead of all of you losers
Already upgraded all my apps to react 19.0.3 and next 15.5.9 which fixes the CVEs in RCS that will be found next week, so I can have peaceful holidays!
Already upgraded all my apps to react 19.0.3 and next 15.5.9 which fixes the CVEs in RCS that will be found next week, so I can have peaceful holidays!
Denial of Service and Source Code Exposure in React Server Components
Security researchers have found and disclosed two additional vulnerabilities in React Server Components while attempting to exploit the patches in last week’s critical vulnerability.
react.dev/blog/2025/1...
Security researchers have found and disclosed two additional vulnerabilities in React Server Components while attempting to exploit the patches in last week’s critical vulnerability.
react.dev/blog/2025/1...
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Denial of Service and Source Code Exposure in React Server Components
Security researchers have found and disclosed two additional vulnerabilities in React Server Components while attempting to exploit the patches in last week’s critical vulnerability.
react.dev/blog/2025/1...
Security researchers have found and disclosed two additional vulnerabilities in React Server Components while attempting to exploit the patches in last week’s critical vulnerability.
react.dev/blog/2025/1...
Share how you got interested in technology
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Share how you got interested in technology
Nano Banana for scale
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nano Banana for scale
Got hit by react2shell
I forgot to update a forgotten web apps that was still running. But the problem is different.
The app was running in an isolated Docker container and behind the Cloudflare WAF.
Turns out that the WAF failed and Nixpacks on Coolofy runs the app as root 🤦♂️
I forgot to update a forgotten web apps that was still running. But the problem is different.
The app was running in an isolated Docker container and behind the Cloudflare WAF.
Turns out that the WAF failed and Nixpacks on Coolofy runs the app as root 🤦♂️
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Got hit by react2shell
I forgot to update a forgotten web apps that was still running. But the problem is different.
The app was running in an isolated Docker container and behind the Cloudflare WAF.
Turns out that the WAF failed and Nixpacks on Coolofy runs the app as root 🤦♂️
I forgot to update a forgotten web apps that was still running. But the problem is different.
The app was running in an isolated Docker container and behind the Cloudflare WAF.
Turns out that the WAF failed and Nixpacks on Coolofy runs the app as root 🤦♂️
These bans make no sense
Kids will find a way to continue using social media, only now they will only hide it and will be able to get less advice and guidance how to deal with the issues.
www.reuters.com/legal/litig...
Kids will find a way to continue using social media, only now they will only hide it and will be able to get less advice and guidance how to deal with the issues.
www.reuters.com/legal/litig...
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
These bans make no sense
Kids will find a way to continue using social media, only now they will only hide it and will be able to get less advice and guidance how to deal with the issues.
www.reuters.com/legal/litig...
Kids will find a way to continue using social media, only now they will only hide it and will be able to get less advice and guidance how to deal with the issues.
www.reuters.com/legal/litig...
"I got nothing to hide" is a bad argument supporting government intrusion into privacy like Chat Control.
Maybe you don't have bow, but things change
Tomorrow they may come after you for sending a meme. Or disagreeing with a government action. Or discussing who you vote for...
Maybe you don't have bow, but things change
Tomorrow they may come after you for sending a meme. Or disagreeing with a government action. Or discussing who you vote for...
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I got nothing to hide" is a bad argument supporting government intrusion into privacy like Chat Control.
Maybe you don't have bow, but things change
Tomorrow they may come after you for sending a meme. Or disagreeing with a government action. Or discussing who you vote for...
Maybe you don't have bow, but things change
Tomorrow they may come after you for sending a meme. Or disagreeing with a government action. Or discussing who you vote for...
The really hard thing about being an entrepreneur is that effort doesn't automatically translate into success.
If you are an employee, putting in the effort is noticed by people and you are rewarded for that.
If you are on your own effort doesn't matter, only perceived results
If you are an employee, putting in the effort is noticed by people and you are rewarded for that.
If you are on your own effort doesn't matter, only perceived results
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The really hard thing about being an entrepreneur is that effort doesn't automatically translate into success.
If you are an employee, putting in the effort is noticed by people and you are rewarded for that.
If you are on your own effort doesn't matter, only perceived results
If you are an employee, putting in the effort is noticed by people and you are rewarded for that.
If you are on your own effort doesn't matter, only perceived results
Frontend devs are saved!
I asked 9 different models to implement a new version of the Simple Photo Gallery landing page with a specific idea and provided assets - all failed miserably...
GPT-5-Codex Max, Gemini 3 Pro, Opus 4.5 they all failed so bad
I asked 9 different models to implement a new version of the Simple Photo Gallery landing page with a specific idea and provided assets - all failed miserably...
GPT-5-Codex Max, Gemini 3 Pro, Opus 4.5 they all failed so bad
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Frontend devs are saved!
I asked 9 different models to implement a new version of the Simple Photo Gallery landing page with a specific idea and provided assets - all failed miserably...
GPT-5-Codex Max, Gemini 3 Pro, Opus 4.5 they all failed so bad
I asked 9 different models to implement a new version of the Simple Photo Gallery landing page with a specific idea and provided assets - all failed miserably...
GPT-5-Codex Max, Gemini 3 Pro, Opus 4.5 they all failed so bad
Before and After of the Simple Photo Gallery landing page
Which is better?
Which is better?
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Before and After of the Simple Photo Gallery landing page
Which is better?
Which is better?
Trying to post useful content every day, but a single rage bait comment gives me so much more impressions, because people can accuse me of being a bad father... 🤷♂️
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trying to post useful content every day, but a single rage bait comment gives me so much more impressions, because people can accuse me of being a bad father... 🤷♂️
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We are live on TinyLaunch with a brand new landing page 🚀
Please support us with an upvote!
www.tinylaunch.com/launch/7547
Please support us with an upvote!
www.tinylaunch.com/launch/7547
Simple Photo Gallery - tinylaunch
From messy photo folders to beautiful galleries in minutes
www.tinylaunch.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We are live on TinyLaunch with a brand new landing page 🚀
Please support us with an upvote!
www.tinylaunch.com/launch/7547
Please support us with an upvote!
www.tinylaunch.com/launch/7547
I thought OpenAI wanted to fix the naming of their models...
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I thought OpenAI wanted to fix the naming of their models...