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Felix Zieger

I write on this blog about what's going on in my life, books that I learned from and whatever I'm up to at the moment.

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What I learned about meaningful work from Rudi

For years before I finished school, I dreamed about seeing the world. When I say dreamed I meant that when the graduation summer arrived, I didn't have the money to pay for traveling. My mother was concerned that I'd end up going nowhere (something she would

I am moving to Berlin

The last personal update I shared was in April. In the time since then, I made a couple of big decisions, one of them being to move to Berlin. January-2025-Felix would have been pretty surprised by that, and so were a couple of my friends. Here is what

AI reduces the power of aggregators

This blog post came out of a discussion I had with a friend. Instead of a theoretical argument, I'll just give the example we spend the most time on. Booking a hotel I can not be bothered to check more than one or two sites when planing trips,

Co-Founder dating

Since the beginning of 2025, I have been looking for opportunities other than Docsy. I have learned a name for the phase I am in: co-founder dating.

Gaming Hackathon Paris

I am on the train now, on my way back from an intense three-day gaming hackathon. We started Friday at 10:00 with a short kickoff. From there 17 teams went straight to the keyboards. The goal was to build a game until Sunday 8:00. I joined a

Quitting Docsy

I quit my full-time job at the end of October to build Docsy. After two months, I decided to quit. Here is why.

Building Docsy - November Review

I quit my full time job end of October to build a company. Here is how it's going after one month.

How to publish a website (cheap)

You want to host a simple website that displays information about you or your next cool project or your company. You don't want to spend a lot of money on it. This guide is for you. 🫰 I pay around 6€ per year for my .de domain.

How new SaaS platform categories are born

💫 Spoiler: It's like for galaxies but instead of gravity forming stars out of dust and gas, people come up with new processes until friction is so high that the techno-capital machine spurts out new SaaS platforms that end up forming a category. I'll take

AI replaces SaaS platforms with tools

AI made natural language, pictures, audio, and video suddenly an open protocol for machines. Thus many problems that were previously only solvable via coordination are now solvable for individuals.

Leaving meshcloud to start my own business

Tomorrow will be my last day at meshcloud. Packing up after over 4 years to start my own venture comes with many emotions. Pride, sadness, anxiety, certainty There is pride in what we achieved at meshcloud and the part I played in it. This overcame me a lot when I

I hiked 100km in 18h 57min

This weekend I did a 100k hike. Of all the things I set out for myself, this one was my biggest physical challenge so far. Why I signed up for the hike Before I describe the hike, let me start with the backstory of how I got into it. I

We made it to Töre!

Yesterday morning, after 9 days, 20 hours, and 17 minutes we arrived in Töre, the most northern point you can sail to in the Baltic Sea. It took us 950.5 nautical miles through Danish, Finnish and Swedish waters. What a journey! Arriving in the small harbor with

First 4 days of Midsummer Sail

Left to right: Peter, Steffen, Wolfgang, me The regatta started on Thursday at 13:15 for us. Since then we have traveled over 380 nautical miles and are now next to Gotland. After the historical wooden boat in Wismar fired the cannon as starting signal for our group, we made

Midsummer Sail prep including our shopping list for 10 days at sea

My first regatta, Midsummer Sail 2024 is getting closer and closer. The start date is midsummer - 21st of June - but I actually leave for Flensburg in two days already, since we have to prepare the boat and bring it to Wismar, where the regatta starts. I feel well prepared equipment