I'm Alex, a builder born and bred in . I grew up happiest at home with and Youtube definitely not airports. Until life (or ) rerouted me, met a girl from , fell for her and that somewhat forced me to get out of my comfort zone.

Frequent trips to her hometown led to me developing a certain taste for changing scenery and living in different places. The pandemic did help since I was able to get a remote job and work like that ever since. We've since wandered through (and ), and I found myself chasing little "firsts" that push my introvert edges. I've spent many years navigating digestive issues and never got any clearer diagnosis from doctors then "it's IBS, try to stress less". I also discovered I had a bunch of intolerances that may have contributed to my symptoms. Eating out became a hassle and visiting
meant a research project for every time I wanted to eat anything.

My hack was to feed an AI all my context, what I can/can't eat, nuance like "tomatoes are fine if I can pick them out," cuisines I love (/), ones I don't (), then I would ask it to find restaurants for me. It worked, but it was way too manual. Most people won't run a prompt lab every time they're hungry.

So I started building
LogoEat safe with menib.lu
: a warm, friendly food-intolerance app that quietly finds places you can eat, based on your real preferences, not generic “gluten-free nearby” lists. Think of Nib, our orange-clad otter, as your guide: part mascot, part compass for meals that won't ruin your day.
OCT 2025
In less than a couple weeks we're taking Nib on the road during a longer “-the-” chapter: in
and beyond. I'll share the build-in-public progress for Niblu and how we actually use it to choose meals city by city. Follow along for the travel, stay for the food wins, and if Niblu helps you feel freer to say “yes” to dinner, that's the whole point.


Life happens when you're busy making plans. Had to cancel the whole trip due to a family emergency. While postponing a trip after planning it for months hurts, it wouldn't be a trip with such stress at home. We will still take Nib the Otter on a journey, pretty soon, hopefully in November 2025.

I really like this format of updates I'll keep it up I guess!
NOV 2025
First real test:
- Brno and Prague. Bread dumplings everywhere, mystery meats in every second dish, and the constant temptation of trdelník (which we avoided for the tourist trap that it is). Found some great vegan koláče though. One problem: we forgot Nib the Otter the mascot at home. He was not happy about it.
DEC 2025
Ended up in glorious late November through mid-December. Going to lunch at 3PM every restaurant we found was closed. Then the next one. And the next. Turns out keeping your gut safe is easy when you can't find any place to eat. Kidding, we ended up having a lot of fun scanning spanish menus, eating paella and tapas, albeit we had to tune our eating times.

Then for Christmas markets in Valetta & Mdina. Beautiful city, but Maltese cuisine is a minefield of hidden ingredients. Every stew seemed to have something unexpected, every pastry a surprise filling. Tbh I couldn't help but try the pastizzi even if Nib said it was a no-go.