Nikolas Sapalidis

I started where most teenagers start: deep in the self-improvement rabbit hole. That led to trading and crypto, then running a Google Ads agency, then trying to sell digital products — and getting nowhere. Didn't make a cent from any of it.

Then I learned to code. Started building websites for businesses, got my first paying client in February 2026, and realized this was actually working. No templates — everything I build is custom, from scratch, exactly what the client needs.

Alongside the client work, I started building products. First was Helpmarq — a feedback marketplace where you upload a project and get structured, multi-perspective feedback from real users. It's live. Now I'm building Padel Up (an all-in-one iOS app for padel players), MarketMyApp (AI-driven weekly marketing actions for indie founders), and Creator Roast(AI that diagnoses exactly what's broken in your creator profile).

Since April 2026 I've been on Claude Code Max. It changed how I work. I'm shipping faster, building more things in parallel, and actually enjoying the process. I write about it too — real patterns, not hype.