Nick Cernak

Rebel artist. AI web engineer, founder @NorthstarEth. Raised on rock posters & bootleg tapes. Dad x2. Break rules, not people ✨

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

Find me at https://t.co/4lvc4U2peK, which is also my Substack: https://t.co/aFJf12w7q6

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

👋 ﹫🌊ing
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[Nick Cernak @cernak]

🎬 HOOSIERS: Coach Norman Dale’s pre-game speech, played by the late, great Gene Hackman. 🏀
#leadership #NormanDisciplinarianDale #NeuroDivergentDesign #NorthstarDigitalDesign
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[Nick Cernak @cernak]

Overheard in the office… 🎧 11/11/85 Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands Arena) East Rutherford, NJ 🪨 Throwing Stones >❤️⚡️💙 Transferrer: Charlie Miller https://t.co/CsmDA5W6Hm

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

Rx: OUT OF STOCK. Again.
Day 5. No refill. No answers.
3 years of this. Medication without representation. 🇺🇸

Today’s Veterans Day, and to every vet who put their life on the line for this country: thank you. You kept your promise.

#ADHD #AdderallShortage

[Northstar Digital Design @NorthstarEth]

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein

Follow the light. ✨

#DesignWhatMatters #ThinkDifferent #NeuroDivergentDesign #NorthstarDigitalDesign

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

2022 - moved to St. Paul. No job.
2023 - no job.
2024 - no job. So I built one.
Northstar Digital Design. ✨

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

Watching 📺 Day 1 - AIE CODE: Google DeepMind, Anthropic, SpaceXSI, TypeSafe, Lovable, Ramp, etc (System One theme) https://t.co/GcNI1KKSiA AI Engineer Code Summit 2026 note to self: can't afford to attend this event in person.

[Northstar Digital Design @NorthstarEth]

Won Notion Business in Every's Thesis: 2027 giveaway 🎉

Spinning up a Northstar client hub so every project lives in one place. Thank you @every and @NotionHQ!

Design What Matters ✨

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

Update: went, and it was worth it. Met some sharp people building real stuff with AI here in MN. Already looking at next year. @AppliedAIMN

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

Not sure if I'll be attending but it's a great organization. Applied AI Conference 2026 at Saint Paul RiverCentreSaint Paul, MN on Monday, November 2  •  8 AM - 4:30 PM 🎟️: https://t.co/9TeTwhm9sL

[Applied AI @AppliedAIMN]

600+ Seats. Four Straight Sellouts. November 2nd. - https://t.co/S1lprqpJQN

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

I'm watching @Every's Thesis: 2027 live right now. All three rooms are streaming free, with a $20,000 prize pool from @AnthropicAI, @NotionHQ and @OpenAI. Tune in: https://t.co/S43ntwJler

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

@every Very excited to share this with my daughter tonight. Thank you for the inspiration! ✨

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

@jackcheng 13 years running the Rock Poster Society and I've never been more ready for a literal rock card. Watching from Minneapolis — ticket #1852 🪨

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

I voted for Gavin every chance I got. Thought he’d fight for middle-class dads like me, raising two kids in a state where everything costs too much.

Think I developed Stockholm syndrome. Still waiting on permission to forgive myself.

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

In 2020, I couldn’t give my dad a proper funeral. COVID rules. No gathering, no goodbye.

That same fall, Gavin Newsom was at the French Laundry, one of the most expensive restaurants in America, celebrating a while telling the rest of us to stay home.

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

I’ve thought about that a lot since. Leadership isn’t the rules you announce. It’s the rules you’re willing to live by when nobody’s watching.

As Newsom eyes 2028, I think that’s worth remembering. 🇺🇸

[Fortnite @Fortnite]

‼️ The Final Spritemare starts TOMORROW with daily boosts all week and login for Lucky Locators ‼️

🏅 TOMORROW: Gold & Cheat Master Hours
🪎 Oct 28: Loot Hacker Hours
🏹 Oct 29: Bounty Hunter Hours
🍬 Oct 30: Trick or Treat Hours
🎃 Oct 31: All Variants Boosted

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

I just registered for my @CirclesConf Digital Pass. 🎊 First time attending, albeit digitally. Get y⭕️urs at https://t.co/3lksRvCJI5 #Circles2026

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

@jacqro_sol Great point! I am grateful you brought that up. Source verified facts will be the gold standard in a world rampart with AI bots. Hypothetical: MIT had a blockchain of data (facts) that can be certified - pass/fail - boolean. I would pay to connect to that ecosystem's LLM.

[Nick Cernak @cernak]

Have you ever wondered if Web3 might be the answer to AI?

Is it possible to use blockchain technology to put guard rails on AI?

AI has no audit trail. Blockchain is an audit trail.