Vlad Esafev

Founding Engineer / CTO at Fira Research, in London. Previously at Readymag, and others.

Pulled toward AI, distributed systems, local-first software, early Apple, writing, philosophy, and computer history.

Recent notes:

Independence vs. Autonomy

Aug 18, 2025

Note about cars

Aug 13, 2025

Why I do programming

Jul 24, 2025

Slackification

Jun 4, 2025

Burn your journals out

Jun 22, 2024

Practicing the Art of Possession

May 24, 2023

Regardless

Jul 16, 2022