I'm a product designer based in BC, Canada. I spend my days designing software for a living, and my evenings building things I can't stop thinking about.
Wandel is an experiment as much as it is a product. I wanted to know what it felt like to build something entirely from scratch — not just design it, but actually ship it. To get my hands into the stack, figure out how LLMs could live inside a product experience in ways that feel earned rather than bolted on, and apply the kind of craft I care about to something that's entirely mine.
The problem it's solving is embarrassingly simple: I kept forgetting things I'd figured out.
Not in a dramatic way. Just the slow fade where a good idea becomes a vague memory becomes nothing. A decision that worked. A mental model that finally clicked. A way of thinking that changed how I approached something. Gone by the weekend.
Notes apps were too freeform. Journals too easy to ignore. What I needed was a quiet, honest log. Not a productivity system. Just a record of my ideas and learnings before they slip away.
That's Wandel. A personal changelog for your decisions and learnings. The kind of thing you update in two minutes and revisit when it actually matters.
The design borrows the language of developer culture — changelogs, commits, versioned thinking... but made to feel genuinely beautiful. Considered. Calm. Nothing like a terminal, everything like something you'd actually want to open.
It's small. It's quiet. It doesn't ask much of you.
But if you've ever had a tried to remember something you came across at bedtime but coulnd't quite recollect, I think you'll get it immediately.
Give it a try and I hope it feels like a small exhale. — Sid