A new app is live on the App Store: una mano
After becoming a dad, I made una mano: an iPhone keyboard that moves left, centre, or right to stay close to the thumb you have free.
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hi there, my name is pherkan. 
that's me and katmer.
i’m a product manager who blends AI, automation, accessibility and design to build useful products, from banking workflows and LLM-powered assistants to smartglasses and side projects, with a maker’s mindset and an eye for human-centered detail.
Projects
View AllBuilding Koffiework: Where Coffee Snobs Meet Digital Nomads
Koffiework started from a personal frustration of finding great coffee spots abroad that also welcome laptops—and turned into a crowd-sourced platform connecting coffee lovers and digital nomads.
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Blogposts
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Building things I do not fully understand yet
What building Koffiework and moving from Netlify to a Hetzner VPS taught me about product management, infrastructure, prompting, and learning by building before everything fully makes sense.
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This could’ve been a Google Form, but what’s the fun in that?
Instead of sending a boring invite, I vibecoded a small arcade-style game for our Ramadan iftars. Not because it was necessary, but because building fun things is not a burden.
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No, I am your (Bot)Father; a Product Manager who wants a ping
Sometimes the best tool isn't the most powerful one — it's the one that removes friction. As a Product Manager, I realized I didn't need dashboards or funnels. I just needed a ping. Telegram's BotFather gave me exactly that.
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