Christoph Walpert

Learning and sharing how I build a software business @SAP during the day and at by night. Feel free to join the ride.

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

YouTube is designed to maximize watch time. I just want the learnings. My fix: a cron job that grabs transcripts from trusted channels (via Supadata), and drops structured summaries into Notion. Curated sources + extraction beats random AI news slop.

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

Claude Code on Anthropic Pro ($20/mo) may move to higher tier. Reddit spotted it.

I decoupled early: Claude Code + Kimi K2.6 via Ollama Cloud (free).

curl -fsSL https://t.co/FwLxkz3pTn | sh
ollama launch claude-code --model kimi-k2.6

Code. Done.

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

It's not about saving hours. It's about learning what this technology can actually do right now — what's smooth, what's clunky, and where the real value is. I'll keep sharing what I build and how it's going. If you have personal-life automation ideas I should try, reply.

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

The hype got to me. I tried Hermes Agent. Did it save me time? Not so far. Getting it running took 2–3 hours. Server, downloads, configs, firewalls, secrets, connecting it to a messenger. If you haven't touched a CLI before, you're in for a ride. More on my journey below

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

Nothing life-changing so far. But all these little things were fun to build. And the more I build, the more ideas I get. I now have an automation ideas list that Hermes maintains for me — I just drop random ideas whenever they come to me.

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

The best way to find out? Try it. So I started building:
→ Daily Hermes tips — trains my automation instinct and tracks interactions to discover repeated actions
→ Weekly meal planner pushed to Telegram so I eat healthy even with zero cooking ideas

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

But here's the thing: I didn't do this for ROI on my €30/month. I did it because I was curious. Is it true you can automate anything and everything? Is a remote agent actually helpful when I already have the Claude app on my phone?

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

Then there's the cost. At first I had it hooked up to OpenAI's GPT-5.5 with my Pro license. Burned through credits so fast I barely made it through the weekend. I landed on Ollama Cloud with Kimi K2.6 — open-source, faster, way cheaper per token. That made it work.

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

If you ever struggle with the HMAC validation you need for Shopify app development @jophinjose did a great job in filling the gaps of @Shopify's documentation with his article https://t.co/PNSJ2Bgv2W 👏

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@ThePeterMick @levelsio This thread is great! Agreed!

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@_elledienne Bouncing ideas off people is really important. Problem solving doesn’t happen alone in your basement. Having people to challenge you is so important and so much more enjoyable :)

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@dinkydani21 Ups, one „running“ too much in that sentence 😬

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@dinkydani21 Really cool! If you use Jira or Trello running you could also have an automation running that closes/ archives all Tickets you haven’t touched in the last 90 days. This makes it a repeatable process rather than a one-time action. :)

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

If feels amazing to finally see some live data on Heystock! First test customer is onboarded. 🙂🙃

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@paulscherer I‘d love a hand 👋. I am only starting out :)

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

This thread is so valuable for product design @RamliJohn ! I am now rethinking the way we do signups at Heystock. Currently, it is one step and looks like this.

https://t.co/A3M8SzQaOk

[Ramli John @RamliJohn]

1/ The Principle of Commitment and Consistency

The smaller the initial ask from someone, the more likely they are to agree to bigger requests.

For your onboarding, look for ways to re-organize fields and steps from easiest to hardest.

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@mgsiegler How come there is no global browser settings for GDPR yet, that your browser can automatically propagate to websites you visit.. that would be useful! 🧐

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@The_MoBiz @arvidkahl Totally!

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@arvidkahl Not only what you create, but also overall well-being! Refusing to open newspapers these days with all the craziness in Ukraine. While I try to support the people there in any way I can, reading about the next brutal attack will just bring me down… Anybody else feel this way?

[Christoph Walpert @chriswlprt]

@csallen this is a really nice episode! And @BrettFromDJ respect for the hustle you put into growing a business you love so much!
I learnt a ton: 1. charge more, 2. think about a standardized process for customers and 3. practice makes you more efficient!

[Brett @BrettFromDJ]

What an honor to join @csallen on the @IndieHackers podcast. Episode is out now.

https://t.co/XlBPBd1Sc2