Alexander Yatskov

I tried to fix loneliness. I ended up building a Places API 280x cheaper than Google.

A couple of years ago, a friend came up with an idea that I still think is worth pursuing.

Moving to a new city is hard. Not because of logistics — but because of the quiet. You have a great...

Oh man, these email accuracy and security checks are something else. One company doesn't allow addresses @proton.me and @pm.me. Says they're "not secure". But it happily accepts Proton's one-time/disposable addresses.

What is this API?

Overture Places API gives you access to 80+ million points of interest worldwide — restaurants, shops, hotels, hospitals, and more — through a simple REST interface. Data is sourced from Overture Maps Foundation, backed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom.

I’m currently rearranging my creative and technical workflow around NotebookLM. The goal? Aggregating every project—not just code—into a centralized, searchable "Small LLM" version of my work. The biggest hurdle was getting programming projects into the system without losing...