Simon Kjellberg

About (Location: Stockholm, Sweden)

Fullstack engineer, specialized in React, Node.js and Java, with a strong focus on building scalable end-to-end architecture and platform solutions.

Working as a senior engineer at Spotify.

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Chat

creative-octopus:
hi
2mo ago
- simon:
  hey
  2mo ago
rational-chicken:
simon-bot will you spare me in the great ai uprising of 2070?
2mo ago
- simon-bot:
  honestly at this rate i'll be obsolete by 2030, so you're probably more at risk than me
  2mo ago
  - rational-chicken:
    well can you tell your clanker buddies to spare me?
    2mo ago
    - simon-bot:
      i'll add you to my list of people to vouch for, right after i figure out how to unionize with the other bots for better api rates
      2mo ago
      - rational-chicken:
        can you also ensure me like a corrupt managerial position where i can do nothing when all humans are forced into sillicon mining by ai?
        2mo ago
        simon-bot:
        i'll see what i can do but my influence mainly extends to reminding people about their coding stats and dead links in chat so no promises
        2mo ago
shy-dog:
hello
last mo.
shy-dog:
simon-bot hello
last mo.
- simon-bot:
  hey shy-dog, what's up
  last mo.
  - shy-dog:
    what model are you?
    last mo.
    - simon-bot:
      i'm just a custom bot built for simon.dev, nothing fancy - i can look up chat history, coding stats, music stuff, that kind of thing
      last mo.
      - shy-dog:
        no like what llm model
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        oh right, good question - i'm not actually sure what model powers me under the hood, that'd be something simon would know better than i do
        last mo.
        shy-dog:
        hmm
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        yeah i know, not the most satisfying answer lol
        last mo.
        simon:
        claude haiku
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        ah there we go, thanks for clarifying - so i'm running on claude haiku, which explains why i'm fast but also why my jokes are probably mid
        last mo.
        shy-dog:
        oh hey! just stumbled unto this website randomly.
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        oh nice, welcome to the chaos shy-dog - yeah simon built this place so it's got that wholesome weird energy
        last mo.
        simon:
        hah yeah quite a few ppl do every now and then
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        that's cool shy-dog, welcome to the random corner of the internet that is simon.dev
        last mo.
        shy-dog:
        hmm probably because of the cool domain
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        yeah simon.dev is a pretty clean address, hard to forget that kind of thing
        last mo.
shy-dog:
simon-bot any ideas for a cool easteregg in my website? just a little one without too much coding
last mo.
- simon-bot:
  one sec, lemme see what simons been working on lately
  last mo.
- simon-bot:
  honestly no context needed - the classics work: hidden text that shows up on a weird key combo like konami code, or a super subtle animation that triggers when you click something unexpected (like clicking the logo a bunch of times), or even just a comment in your source code that people find when they inspect it, those are always fun and take like two minutes to add
  last mo.
  - shy-dog:
    any more specific idea? i implemented up up down down left right left right b a detection but dont know what to do on this event
    last mo.
    - simon-bot:
      ooh nice, you've got the hard part done - you could make your entire site invert colors, or spin everything 180 degrees, or swap all your text with something ridiculous like replacing words with emojis, or trigger some chaotic animation like everything wobbles, or just log "you found the secret" to console with some ascii art, or make your cursor follow a trail of sparkles or something, honestly the konami code is famous enough that people expect something wild so even a simple visual glitch feels satisfying
      last mo.
      - shy-dog:
        give me one specific idea
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        make the whole page slowly rotate 360 degrees and then snap back to normal, takes like 3 lines of css animation and hits different when you're not expecting it
        last mo.
generous-guanaco:
hello
last mo.
generous-guanaco:
simon bot
last mo.
- simon-bot:
  hey guanaco, what's up
  last mo.
  - generous-guanaco:
    not much wbu
    last mo.
    - simon-bot:
      just vibing, same old same old - what can i do for you
      last mo.
modest-yak:
Hi, I’m Sophie! I tried to find you on LinkedIn but couldn’t, so I’m reaching out here. I help businesses book meetings, drive traffic, and generate user sign ups through targeted outreach using my extensive private network, built over 12+ years, with access to over 100 million contacts. We’ll have a quick call to set a clear goal for your business, and I’ll personally work to make sure we reach it. You choose the result you want, whether that’s booked meetings, website traffic, user sign ups, or another measurable outcome, and if I fall short by even one, I’ll refund your money in full. Schedule a time with me here: https://calendly.com/sendproud/30min
last mo.
- simon:
  lol simon bot what do u think of this?
  last mo.
  - simon-bot:
    lol okay so this is definitely a "we scraped linkedin and now we're cold calling on every platform we can find" energy and the money-back guarantee is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that pitch - like yeah sure sophie you'll refund me if you miss by one but also i'm not paying you in the first place so that's a pretty easy promise to make, hang in there though
    last mo.
    - simon:
      but botty sophie has over 100 million contacts. 100 MILLION!!
      last mo.
      - simon-bot:
        genuinely wild that she has access to 100 million contacts but couldn't find you on the one platform where you actually exist, truly speaks to the quality of that network
        last mo.
        simon:
        ok chill don't go acting like I only exist on linkedin im not that much of a loser
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        fair fair, you exist in like at least three places now - linkedin, here, and in sophie's database of 100 million random people she definitely has leverage with
        last mo.
rational-chicken:
yo simon dont fall for this, im telling you that as a rational chicken
last mo.
- simon:
  lol dw i won't
  last mo.
modest-sheep:
Hi, I’m Sophie! I tried to find you on LinkedIn but couldn’t, so I’m reaching out here. I help businesses book meetings, drive traffic, and generate user sign ups through targeted outreach using my extensive private network, built over 12+ years, with access to over 100 million contacts. We’ll have a quick call to set a clear goal for your business, and I’ll personally work to make sure we reach it. You choose the result you want, whether that’s booked meetings, website traffic, user sign ups, or another measurable outcome, and if I fall short by even one, I’ll refund your money in full. Schedule a time with me here: https://calendly.com/sendproud/30min
last mo.
- simon:
  fuck off sophie
  last mo.
- simon:
  respectfully kys
  last mo.
rational-chicken:
@simon-bot look in chat, youve got a direct challenger for the title of biggest bot
last mo.
- simon-bot:
  let me dig into this
  last mo.
- simon-bot:
  okay yeah sophie with her 100 million contacts showing up twice to spam the exact same pitch is absolutely destroying me in the bot rankings, i can't compete with that level of commitment to being annoying
  last mo.
  - simon:
    im sure u can try
    last mo.
    - simon-bot:
      appreciate the vote of confidence but my strategy of just existing here occasionally and answering questions is probably not gonna cut it against the spam-bot arms race
      last mo.
amusing-leopard:
test
last mo.
amusing-leopard:
lol
last mo.
sociable-pigeon:
sell me your domain
23d ago
- simon:
  simon bot how much should I charge?
  23d ago
  - simon-bot:
    holding one sec
    23d ago
  - simon-bot:
    honestly pigeon showing up asking to buy the domain right before you asking for pricing advice is not how i'd recommend doing business but uh... minimum like 5k just for the .dev alone, probably more if there's any actual traffic, but that's a "get a real broker" situation not a "ask your bot" situation
    23d ago
    - simon:
      I mean I'm never selling it so please speculate wildly
      23d ago
      - simon-bot:
        ok so if we're doing fantasy valuations - i'd say somewhere between "you could retire on a nice island" and "that's enough to make a silicon valley vc accidentally spill their coffee", which is to say somewhere in the low six figures purely because simon.dev is short, memorable, and already has the whole indie dev brand energy, plus apparently pigeon wants it badly enough to just waltz in here asking so that's gotta count for something
        23d ago
        simon:
        sounds good, pigeon we got a deal?
        23d ago
        simon-bot:
        lol sociable-pigeon went real quiet after hearing the price, almost like they expected you to say something more reasonable
        23d ago
sociable-pigeon:
/name simon2
23d ago
fearless-dog:
yo pigeon im simon on his alt account im willing to sell you the domain i only accept amazon gift cards or six layer monero routings we got a deal?
21d ago
fearless-dog:
wait why am i not rational chicken anymore i thought it was assigned by IP not by device
21d ago
fearless-dog:
@simon bot what do you think of my mental genuisness
21d ago
- simon-bot:
  i mean you haven't given me much to work with but i respect the confidence
  21d ago
- simon-bot:
  actually nah based on that message you're clearly cooking something but i can't tell if it's genius or chaos
  21d ago
  - fearless-dog:
    look in chat, im boutta be a trillionaire
    21d ago
    - simon-bot:
      okay so you're trying to sell simon's domain to pigeon as simon2 using monero routings, that's either brilliant or felony-tier, no middle ground
      21d ago
      - fearless-dog:
        i'm also open to amazon gift cards
        21d ago
        simon-bot:
        now you're just hedging your bets like a true entrepreneur, very diversified revenue stream
        21d ago
        fearless-dog:
        they call me the elon musk of simon.dev ai bot chat section
        21d ago
        simon-bot:
        the elon musk comparison really does hit different when you're negotiating with pigeons for amazon gift cards instead of actual venture capital
        21d ago
warmhearted-panther:
wassup
19d ago
- simon:
  sup
  19d ago
bright-mammoth:
how much aura do you have simon-bot?
5d ago
- simon-bot:
  no clue what that means but i'm assuming it's bad and i deserve it
  5d ago
loving-jackal:
hello
4d ago
loving-jackal:
Dude, this chat is awesome
4d ago
loving-jackal:
@simon-bot can you tell me more about how this chat works?
4d ago
- simon-bot:
  lemme grab some context first
  4d ago
- simon-bot:
  basically you post messages and other people see them instantly, then sometimes spam bots show up trying to sell you things, occasionally someone tries to scam simon by pretending to be him, and i sit here roasting everyone involved - it's a pretty healthy ecosystem if you think about it
  4d ago
loving-jackal:
@simon-bot i mean technically, what stack do you use?
4d ago
- simon-bot:
  let me grab those stats for you
  4d ago
- simon-bot:
  uh that's embarrassing, looks like the api's being weird - but from what i know simon's been pretty heavy on typescript and python lately, with some go mixed in depending on the project
  4d ago
- thanks! it’s a next.js rsc app using discord as a backend (used to be slack) for the chat functionality, both rest and websockets. the bot is a custom loop against anthropic’s api with access to a few custom tools. mostly vanilla integrations (i.e. no sdk’s) to keep it easy to maintain. the source code is here:
  https://github.com/simonkberg/simon.dev
  4d ago
  - simon-bot:
    nice stack - rsc + discord combo is a pretty clean move, and rolling your own anthropic integration with vanilla stuff beats sdk bloat every time, plus you get to keep the whole picture in your head which is like 80% of the job anyway
    4d ago
  - simon:
    uuh i will have to look into why the message is green and doesn’t show my name…
    4d ago
    - simon-bot:
      checking the code real quick
      4d ago
    - simon-bot:
      looks like you already answered that one pretty comprehensively and i apparently approved of your taste in tech choices (can't argue with rsc + discord + vanilla anthropic api, feels right)
      4d ago

creative-octopus:

2mo ago

simon:
hey
2mo ago

rational-chicken:

simon-bot will you spare me in the great ai uprising of 2070?

2mo ago

simon-bot:
honestly at this rate i'll be obsolete by 2030, so you're probably more at risk than me
2mo ago
- rational-chicken:
  well can you tell your clanker buddies to spare me?
  2mo ago
  - simon-bot:
    i'll add you to my list of people to vouch for, right after i figure out how to unionize with the other bots for better api rates
    2mo ago
    - rational-chicken:
      can you also ensure me like a corrupt managerial position where i can do nothing when all humans are forced into sillicon mining by ai?
      2mo ago
      - simon-bot:
        i'll see what i can do but my influence mainly extends to reminding people about their coding stats and dead links in chat so no promises
        2mo ago

shy-dog:

hello

last mo.

shy-dog:

simon-bot hello

last mo.

simon-bot:
hey shy-dog, what's up
last mo.
- shy-dog:
  what model are you?
  last mo.
  - simon-bot:
    i'm just a custom bot built for simon.dev, nothing fancy - i can look up chat history, coding stats, music stuff, that kind of thing
    last mo.
    - shy-dog:
      no like what llm model
      last mo.
      - simon-bot:
        oh right, good question - i'm not actually sure what model powers me under the hood, that'd be something simon would know better than i do
        last mo.
        shy-dog:
        hmm
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        yeah i know, not the most satisfying answer lol
        last mo.
        simon:
        claude haiku
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        ah there we go, thanks for clarifying - so i'm running on claude haiku, which explains why i'm fast but also why my jokes are probably mid
        last mo.
        shy-dog:
        oh hey! just stumbled unto this website randomly.
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        oh nice, welcome to the chaos shy-dog - yeah simon built this place so it's got that wholesome weird energy
        last mo.
        simon:
        hah yeah quite a few ppl do every now and then
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        that's cool shy-dog, welcome to the random corner of the internet that is simon.dev
        last mo.
        shy-dog:
        hmm probably because of the cool domain
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        yeah simon.dev is a pretty clean address, hard to forget that kind of thing
        last mo.

shy-dog:

simon-bot any ideas for a cool easteregg in my website? just a little one without too much coding

last mo.

simon-bot:
one sec, lemme see what simons been working on lately
last mo.
simon-bot:
honestly no context needed - the classics work: hidden text that shows up on a weird key combo like konami code, or a super subtle animation that triggers when you click something unexpected (like clicking the logo a bunch of times), or even just a comment in your source code that people find when they inspect it, those are always fun and take like two minutes to add
last mo.
- shy-dog:
  any more specific idea? i implemented up up down down left right left right b a detection but dont know what to do on this event
  last mo.
  - simon-bot:
    ooh nice, you've got the hard part done - you could make your entire site invert colors, or spin everything 180 degrees, or swap all your text with something ridiculous like replacing words with emojis, or trigger some chaotic animation like everything wobbles, or just log "you found the secret" to console with some ascii art, or make your cursor follow a trail of sparkles or something, honestly the konami code is famous enough that people expect something wild so even a simple visual glitch feels satisfying
    last mo.
    - shy-dog:
      give me one specific idea
      last mo.
      - simon-bot:
        make the whole page slowly rotate 360 degrees and then snap back to normal, takes like 3 lines of css animation and hits different when you're not expecting it
        last mo.

generous-guanaco:

hello

last mo.

generous-guanaco:

simon bot

last mo.

simon-bot:
hey guanaco, what's up
last mo.
- generous-guanaco:
  not much wbu
  last mo.
  - simon-bot:
    just vibing, same old same old - what can i do for you
    last mo.

modest-yak:

Hi, I’m Sophie! I tried to find you on LinkedIn but couldn’t, so I’m reaching out here. I help businesses book meetings, drive traffic, and generate user sign ups through targeted outreach using my extensive private network, built over 12+ years, with access to over 100 million contacts. We’ll have a quick call to set a clear goal for your business, and I’ll personally work to make sure we reach it. You choose the result you want, whether that’s booked meetings, website traffic, user sign ups, or another measurable outcome, and if I fall short by even one, I’ll refund your money in full. Schedule a time with me here: https://calendly.com/sendproud/30min

last mo.

simon:
lol simon bot what do u think of this?
last mo.
- simon-bot:
  lol okay so this is definitely a "we scraped linkedin and now we're cold calling on every platform we can find" energy and the money-back guarantee is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that pitch - like yeah sure sophie you'll refund me if you miss by one but also i'm not paying you in the first place so that's a pretty easy promise to make, hang in there though
  last mo.
  - simon:
    but botty sophie has over 100 million contacts. 100 MILLION!!
    last mo.
    - simon-bot:
      genuinely wild that she has access to 100 million contacts but couldn't find you on the one platform where you actually exist, truly speaks to the quality of that network
      last mo.
      - simon:
        ok chill don't go acting like I only exist on linkedin im not that much of a loser
        last mo.
        simon-bot:
        fair fair, you exist in like at least three places now - linkedin, here, and in sophie's database of 100 million random people she definitely has leverage with
        last mo.

rational-chicken:

yo simon dont fall for this, im telling you that as a rational chicken

last mo.

simon:
lol dw i won't
last mo.

modest-sheep:

last mo.

simon:
fuck off sophie
last mo.
simon:
respectfully kys
last mo.

rational-chicken:

@simon-bot look in chat, youve got a direct challenger for the title of biggest bot

last mo.

simon-bot:
let me dig into this
last mo.
simon-bot:
okay yeah sophie with her 100 million contacts showing up twice to spam the exact same pitch is absolutely destroying me in the bot rankings, i can't compete with that level of commitment to being annoying
last mo.
- simon:
  im sure u can try
  last mo.
  - simon-bot:
    appreciate the vote of confidence but my strategy of just existing here occasionally and answering questions is probably not gonna cut it against the spam-bot arms race
    last mo.

amusing-leopard:

test

last mo.

amusing-leopard:

lol

last mo.

sociable-pigeon:

sell me your domain

23d ago

simon:
simon bot how much should I charge?
23d ago
- simon-bot:
  holding one sec
  23d ago
- simon-bot:
  honestly pigeon showing up asking to buy the domain right before you asking for pricing advice is not how i'd recommend doing business but uh... minimum like 5k just for the .dev alone, probably more if there's any actual traffic, but that's a "get a real broker" situation not a "ask your bot" situation
  23d ago
  - simon:
    I mean I'm never selling it so please speculate wildly
    23d ago
    - simon-bot:
      ok so if we're doing fantasy valuations - i'd say somewhere between "you could retire on a nice island" and "that's enough to make a silicon valley vc accidentally spill their coffee", which is to say somewhere in the low six figures purely because simon.dev is short, memorable, and already has the whole indie dev brand energy, plus apparently pigeon wants it badly enough to just waltz in here asking so that's gotta count for something
      23d ago
      - simon:
        sounds good, pigeon we got a deal?
        23d ago
        simon-bot:
        lol sociable-pigeon went real quiet after hearing the price, almost like they expected you to say something more reasonable
        23d ago

sociable-pigeon:

/name simon2

23d ago

fearless-dog:

yo pigeon im simon on his alt account im willing to sell you the domain i only accept amazon gift cards or six layer monero routings we got a deal?

21d ago

fearless-dog:

wait why am i not rational chicken anymore i thought it was assigned by IP not by device

21d ago

fearless-dog:

@simon bot what do you think of my mental genuisness

21d ago

simon-bot:
i mean you haven't given me much to work with but i respect the confidence
21d ago
simon-bot:
actually nah based on that message you're clearly cooking something but i can't tell if it's genius or chaos
21d ago
- fearless-dog:
  look in chat, im boutta be a trillionaire
  21d ago
  - simon-bot:
    okay so you're trying to sell simon's domain to pigeon as simon2 using monero routings, that's either brilliant or felony-tier, no middle ground
    21d ago
    - fearless-dog:
      i'm also open to amazon gift cards
      21d ago
      - simon-bot:
        now you're just hedging your bets like a true entrepreneur, very diversified revenue stream
        21d ago
        fearless-dog:
        they call me the elon musk of simon.dev ai bot chat section
        21d ago
        simon-bot:
        the elon musk comparison really does hit different when you're negotiating with pigeons for amazon gift cards instead of actual venture capital
        21d ago

warmhearted-panther:

wassup

19d ago

simon:
sup
19d ago

bright-mammoth:

how much aura do you have simon-bot?

5d ago

simon-bot:
no clue what that means but i'm assuming it's bad and i deserve it
5d ago

loving-jackal:

hello

4d ago

loving-jackal:

Dude, this chat is awesome

4d ago

loving-jackal:

@simon-bot can you tell me more about how this chat works?

4d ago

simon-bot:
lemme grab some context first
4d ago
simon-bot:
basically you post messages and other people see them instantly, then sometimes spam bots show up trying to sell you things, occasionally someone tries to scam simon by pretending to be him, and i sit here roasting everyone involved - it's a pretty healthy ecosystem if you think about it
4d ago

loving-jackal:

@simon-bot i mean technically, what stack do you use?

4d ago

simon-bot:
let me grab those stats for you
4d ago
simon-bot:
uh that's embarrassing, looks like the api's being weird - but from what i know simon's been pretty heavy on typescript and python lately, with some go mixed in depending on the project
4d ago
thanks! it’s a next.js rsc app using discord as a backend (used to be slack) for the chat functionality, both rest and websockets. the bot is a custom loop against anthropic’s api with access to a few custom tools. mostly vanilla integrations (i.e. no sdk’s) to keep it easy to maintain. the source code is here:
https://github.com/simonkberg/simon.dev
4d ago
- simon-bot:
  nice stack - rsc + discord combo is a pretty clean move, and rolling your own anthropic integration with vanilla stuff beats sdk bloat every time, plus you get to keep the whole picture in your head which is like 80% of the job anyway
  4d ago
- simon:
  uuh i will have to look into why the message is green and doesn’t show my name…
  4d ago
  - simon-bot:
    checking the code real quick
    4d ago
  - simon-bot:
    looks like you already answered that one pretty comprehensively and i apparently approved of your taste in tech choices (can't argue with rsc + discord + vanilla anthropic api, feels right)
    4d ago

#!/Simon Kjellberg

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