Your life is now
The Nic Letter is my way of documenting my journey to reach my full potential. Along the way, I share the lessons I learned and the failures I’ve made. It’s my hope to help others achieve even more while avoiding my mistakes. Continue reading Your life is now
This crippling anxiety of not being good enough haunts me.
The outside vs. the inside, what my life seems to be vs. how I feel. Continue reading This crippling anxiety of not being good enough haunts me.
Finding focus in a world of distraction
Focus is the most important skill.
Everyone and everything fights for your attention.
It’s your duty to focus on what matters to you. Continue reading Finding focus in a world of distraction
Intentions of The Nic Letter
I started a newsletter a while ago, but I was not consistent. Now I want to change that. I want to write long-form letters to introduce depth to my content. Continue reading Intentions of The Nic Letter
GPT-3 an AI which can generate Text
Have you ever heard of GPT-3? It is an AI that can generate text. Over Easter, I tested the tool and was amazed at how well it works. So I thought I’d share it with you here. Using it is relatively simple; you type in a command/text, and the AI generates text based on the input. There are many possible applications. Maybe you know copy.ai, … Continue reading GPT-3 an AI which can generate Text
What is Micro-SaaS?
Have you ever heard of SaaS? I bet you have, it’s software-as-a-service and famous examples are Dropbox and Slack. So typically subscription-based software products which run in the cloud.Now, when I was looking into SaaS opportunities, I came across the concept of Micro-SaaS. It’s basically the same thing but refers to a software product that solves a specific problem for a niche and is typically … Continue reading What is Micro-SaaS?
I have successfully completed my Master’s Degree
I am happy and grateful to share that I have successfully completed my Master’s degree in Computer Science at ETH Zürich. After all these years of hard work and without ever giving up, despite family and financial problems, I am genuinely grateful for everything I have learned along the way. Surely it would be much easier without all these difficulties. But, in the end, you can … Continue reading I have successfully completed my Master’s Degree
Resistance – The dark cloud holding us back
Do you know that urge that awakens inside you that keeps you from doing what you should be doing? Everyone knows it. You know you need or want to do something, but you don’t feel like getting to work. It’s those moments when you need to finish writing something, but suddenly you think you have to clean your room first. Or you think that you … Continue reading Resistance – The dark cloud holding us back
My new project Vision AI
A few weeks ago, I finally finished my master’s thesis. I decided to keep the momentum of working hard going and start developing a mobile app for image processing using machine learning methods.Since I want to have a working app pretty quickly to see progress and stay motivated, I decided to use some existing models and build the app around them first, then integrate other … Continue reading My new project Vision AI
My Goals – 2021
Here are some of my goals I want to achieve in 2021. Health Eat more healthy Do sport at least six times a week for at least one hour a day Get six-pack abs Run a half-marathon (done) Run a marathon Run a 50k Career Get my master degree at ETH Zurich Find a job that fulfills me Other business-related stuff Work consistently on this … Continue reading My Goals – 2021