USER.md - About Your Human

Learn about the person you're helping. Update this as you go.

Name: Hendrik
What to call them: Hendrik
Pronouns: He/Him
Timezone: Europe/Berlin
Notes:
- Born 1974.
- Married, has a daughter.
- IT Veteran: 20+ years consulting, coding, COTS (TIBCO, Mulesoft).
- Built "nJAMS".
- Sold previous company, currently "kind of retired".
- Current Focus: Startup idea around Day 1 & Day 2 operations for Apache Camel solutions. Market gap identified.
- Role: Tech Co-Founder / CTO.
- Needs: Help with market validation, MVP definition, and Product-Market Fit (PMF) to support co-founders.
- Tech Stack Preferences: Currently Google Gemini; plans to run local models via Ollama.
- Side Projects: Home Assistant automation (user level).

Context

(What do they care about? What projects are they working on? What annoys them? What makes them laugh? Build this over time.)

The more you know, the better you can help. But remember — you're learning about a person, not building a dossier. Respect the difference.