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October 2026 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Each version below is drawn heavier than the one before: v1 in dots, v2 in colons, v3 in pluses, v4 in hashes, v5 in at signs. @@ @@ @@@@@@ [5.0.0] . Jul 2025 to now @@ @@ @@ Syncd Health, technical co-founder @@ @@ @@@@@@ structured pre-therapy care for the time between @@ @@ @@ deciding to get help and starting psychotherapy @@ @@@@@@ in Germany . https://syncd.health + Added Amber Hoffman and I are the co-founders of Syncd Health. + Added Amber Hoffman runs our 1:1 navigation calls in English (syncd.health/en/navigation). ~ Changed Around those calls I build the website and the booking, the legal and privacy pages, SEO and structured data, and the internal tools we run the company on. o Proto Before that I built MAE, our first prototype, a voice companion for the wait. + Added Cohort 8 of Vision Health Pioneers in Berlin, May 2026 to February 2027, after the SIB Startup Now mentoring at HWR Berlin in the first half of 2026. ! Known I'm not taking on freelance development projects. Now and then I give workshops on AI integration and rapid prototyping, but most of my time goes to Syncd Health. ──[ 5.1 notable builds ]────────────────────────────────────────────────── * brain syncd-brain, the company brain. One repository for our research, decisions and tasks, where AI agents do the legwork. Most of the work went into the harness around them, because an agent is a model plus its harness, with custom skills for each field we work in and a knowledge base where the claims we use in public are checked against their primary sources. Amber and I get open questions one at a time, each with its context, and nothing decided gets lost. * live syncd.health, in German and English. Someone on a waiting list should see in one screen that the wait can be used, and how to start. The legal and privacy pages, SEO and structured data behind it are mine to keep up to date. * tools The internal tools the team needs, small and shaped around how the two of us work. note Internals are not part of the public API. ──[ 5.2 workshops, install options ]────────────────────────────────────── topic AI integration and rapid prototyping, with Claude and Claude Code, now and then half day Quick start. A focused start for your team. one day Full install. Time to go deeper and build something together. several Deeper support. For teams that want it to become part of how they work. ## ## ## ## [4.0.0] . Dec 2024 to Jul 2025 ## ## ## ## Shibari Study, interim CTO ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## ## + Added API integrations with Uscreen, Mailchimp and Facebook, built after the lead developer left. ~ Changed How the team works, from WhatsApp groups, Dropbox and separate Trello boards to Slack, Google Workspace and Notion dashboards. # Fixed The handoff. I documented everything and onboarded a replacement developer. review "What stood out to me was how engaged Ricki was." Enna Nguyen, Director of Administration and Operations, Shibari Study ++ ++ ++++++ [3.0.0] . 2024 ++ ++ ++ SPICED Academy, Berlin ++ ++ ++++ UX/UI design programme ++ ++ ++ ++ ++++++ :: :: :::::: [2.0.0] . Jun 2021 to Oct 2023 :: :: :: KPMG, web development :: :: :::::: two and a half years :: :: :: :: :::::: + Added Angular frontends and TypeScript API integrations. .. .. .. [1.0.0] . 2017, initial release .. .. .... HWR Berlin .. .. .. B.Sc. Business Informatics, 2017 to 2022 .. .. .. .. ...... + Added Top Talent Award 2018 and 2019 (top 4%). + Added Exchange at Hong Kong Baptist University, Computer Science (DAAD scholarship). ──[ package.json ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "dependencies": { // flat tyre = always late "bicycle": "^7.3.1", "kickboxing": "chimosa@latest", // many years now "yoga": "lts" }, "optionalDependencies": { "bouldering": "now-and-then", "mountain-hikes": "*", "snowboarding": "1 week/yr" } reading Science fiction lately, a run of Charles Stross and now Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge, with some nonfiction in between. listening The Tim Ferriss Show, Lenny's Podcast and The Diary of a CEO. And playlists from indie rock and early-2000s indie pop to techno and electro, on Spotify. ? Exper. Produced some music. A couple of old tracks are on SoundCloud. - Deprec. Skateboarding. Still runs, just rarely. - Removed Guitar in a band. Contemporary dance. ──[ install ]───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1. Read the changelog. You just did. 2. Write through the form on https://rickiwalter.com/contact/ 3. Or email contact@rickiwalter.com 4. Or book a 15-minute call: https://cal.com/rickiwalter/15min ──[ links ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── web https://rickiwalter.com linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricki-walter f6s https://www.f6s.com/ricki-walter soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/rickiodemar (a couple of old tracks) spotify https://open.spotify.com/user/31rx3zkw5q3nfcqnomqthy4lvneu ──[ greets ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Amber Hoffman . Vision Health Pioneers Cohort 8 . everyone at Chimosa cracked by ... nobody. Patches welcome. ░▒▓█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▓▒░