Timeline

Not a CV — a creation timeline. When ideas emerged, how one led to another, and what is deliberately still ahead.

📝 Recent notes

Short, timestamped, graph-linked notes instead of a blog.

  1. MilestoneRehearse v0.4 shipped inside the SpecScore CLI

    Rehearse — executable scenarios living inside SpecScore specifications — shipped its v0.4 evidence pipeline as part of the SpecScore CLI. Specs in the ecosystem are now runnable, not just readable.

  2. LaunchRelaunched trakhimenok.com as a graph-native founder map

    Replaced the 2019 placeholder with this site: one knowledge graph of products, standards, and ideas, published as tailored views for investors, mentors, engineers, and founders. The site is also the first deployment of a possible reusable graph-native storytelling engine.

  3. MilestoneOpenVaultDB prototype runs Sneat end-to-end

    The OpenVaultDB server — a user-owned database with pluggable SQLite and inGitDB storage engines — was proven end-to-end as a storage backend for Sneat via its DALgo driver. User-owned data moved from principle to a working prototype.

🌱 The creation line

When things started, oldest first — dates come straight from the graph (and the graph's dates come straight from git history).

  1. EraThe engineering years

    Twenty-five-plus years of software engineering, including Dell, Bank of America, AMCS, and SentryOne — where I learned the patterns behind ecosystem engineering the slow way.

  2. RecommendationGleb Diakonov — Professional services

    “Under tight deadlines and high pressure, Alexander showed good stamina to get things done in the due course.” — Managed Alexander directly, via LinkedIn.

  3. RecommendationMike Boland — Innovation Program Manager at Fexco

    “Alexander is a very focused developer and delivers high quality solutions that meet or often exceed the requirements he was asked to deliver. He is very innovative and …” — Was Alexander's client, via LinkedIn.

  4. RecommendationSergey Daub — Senior Frontend Developer

    “A very smart and driven employee. Highly recommended.” — Reported to Alexander directly, via LinkedIn.

  5. RecommendationVictor Mamray — .NET Architect

    “Really talented engineer, nice professional. Strongly recommended.” — Worked with Alexander, via LinkedIn.

  6. RecommendationSheila Broderick — Analyst Programmer at University of Limerick

    “As business analyst I had the pleasure of working with Alex delivering projects, providing support and root cause analysis where he was extremely competent and …” — Worked with Alexander on the same team, via LinkedIn.

  7. RecommendationFernando Schmitt — Senior IT Manager, Amazon UK (ex-Dell)

    “Alexander has excellent intelectual capacity. He has strong development background. His availability, ownership and capacity were very important to my team. Therefore, I …” — Worked with Alexander, via LinkedIn.

  8. RecommendationValter Rehn — Principal Engineer at AWS

    “Alexander is a great lead developer. He uses clever ideas to enhance the code and improve performance, and has very good domain knowledge over what his team is working …” — Worked with Alexander, via LinkedIn.

  9. RecommendationNiall Shanahan — Enterprise Architect at Dell

    “Alex was always great to work with during his time with Dell … he is technically gifted with a sharp ability to close out an issue quickly … looking forward to seeing his …” — Worked with Alexander on the same team, via LinkedIn.

  10. StartedStarted Bots Go Framework

    One Go codebase, many messengers — a framework for Telegram, Messenger, Viber, and more.

  11. StartedStarted DALgo

    Database abstraction layer for Go — one small, consistent API across Firestore, SQL, SQLite, inGitDB, and more.

  12. StartedStarted Sneat

    Many niche apps on one shared graph of people, spaces, events, assets, and money — converging into the super-neat-app.

  13. StartedStarted DataTug

    CLI-first data exploration — query and connect data across multiple sources, with related data surfaced automatically.

  14. RecommendationMatthew Whitfield — Principal Backend Engineer at Scopely

    “Alex is an incredibly conscientious individual who really cares about the work that he does. He is passionate in discussions about technology and always wants to deliver …” — Managed Alexander directly, via LinkedIn.

  15. RecommendationBob Potter — Tech executive, board member, advisor and investor

    “Alex was perfect as our team lead in Dublin as we needed someone with strong technical skills but also a leader of people. Alex built and led a great team, some of the …” — Was senior to Alexander, via LinkedIn.

  16. RecommendationThomas Cournane — Full-stack engineer (Angular, C#, SQL)

    “I had the pleasure of working with Alex while he was a Software Development Team Lead with AMCS Group. He led a highly skilled team on some of the most challenging …” — Worked with Alexander at AMCS Group, via LinkedIn.

  17. StartedStarted inGitDB

    A Git-backed versioned database — data as plain YAML/JSON files with history, review, and CI for free.

  18. StartedStarted SpecScore

    An open standard for AI-readable software specifications — features, ideas, plans, and tasks as structured Markdown.

  19. StartedStarted OpenVaultDB

    A user-owned database server with pluggable storage engines — your data, your vault, any app.

  20. LaunchLaunched Trakhimenok.com

    This website — a graph-native founder map, and the first deployment of a reusable graph-native storytelling engine.

🔭 The future line

Framed as hypotheses, not promises — past, today, vision.

Next 12 months

  • Consumer doors (lists, events, contacts) reach everyday reliability on the shared graph.
  • Seed round to move from one founder plus AI agents to a small exceptional team.
  • OpenVaultDB grows from proven prototype toward a self-hostable vault others can adopt.

1–3 years

  • The B2B ritual apps (teams, retros, standups) fund the consumer graph — the negative-CAC flywheel in production.
  • SpecScore/GraphSpec become the way ecosystem modules are specified, reviewed, and generated.
  • This site’s engine publishes its second graph — someone else’s.

3–5 years

  • A ten-year vision compressed into five by riding the AI acceleration: user-owned graphs as a normal way software works.
  • The super-neat-app emerges from converging niche apps rather than being built as a monolith.