About

Hi, I'm Niklas.

I'm a founding engineer at Compelling.

I love building things for the web that let others build things for the web. I spend much of my time thinking about CMSs, URLs and open standards.

I've been building things for the web since high school. I studied Computer Science in Karlsruhe and lived in the US, Norway and Korea during my studies.

My writing is the best way to see what I've been thinking about recently. Some of my favorite essays include:

• Chief Bookmark Officer
• How to get Taste (without getting lucky)
• Email as Everything
• The case for shorter .com domains
• The Internet's Command-Line

You can read more on my blog, check out my code, or subscribe to my newsletter. I also advise companies and do angel investing. Reach out if interested.