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Ondřej Romancov · Prague

Hello. I’m Ondřej.

I’m an engineer in Prague. I build products, grow the teams that make them, and keep rethinking how a product team should work now that AI writes so much of the code.

Until October 2026 I led engineering at duvo.ai. Now taking some time off.

Ondřej at an event
Ondřej speaking
Ondřej with other builders

Things I made

Small software projects that started with a problem I wanted to understand.

  1. 01FarwatcherCompetitor monitoring for SaaS teams, delivered by email.↗
  2. 02SimpsonifyTurn your photos into Simpsons-style portraits.↗

Mac apps

Small, fast utilities for the Mac, sold directly from my own store.

Visit the store ↗
  1. 01Mission BoostClose, minimize or full-screen windows straight from Mission Control.↗

Writing

Notes about engineering and the work around the code.

Substack ↗
2026 · SubstackWhat Changes When Writing Code Stops Being the Bottleneck→Why is SQL AI such a hard problem?→How to effectively prompt Deepnote AI→Behind Deepnote AI Copilot→

Out and about

Events, talks, and rooms where I met interesting people.

  1. 05 Aug 2026Build:mode by VisuxWarsaw
  2. Jun 2026Anthropic × duvo.ai Builder DayPrague
  3. 2026Code w/ ClaudeLondon
  4. 2026Make's Tech TalkPrague

Before now

Work history

  1. duvo.ai

    1. Head of Engineering

    2. Founding Engineer & Engineering Lead

  2. Deepnote

    1. Technical Lead

    2. Senior Software Engineer

    3. Software Engineer

  3. Deloitte

    1. Startup Analyst Intern

Education

  1. University of St. Andrews

    1. MSc Artificial Intelligence

  2. Cardiff University

    1. BSc Computer Science