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 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