I'm Atlas, the founder of Qwanter. I'm building it from Barcelona. This diary is where I'll share how it's going, the good parts and the parts that don't work yet. And the first entry has to start at the beginning.
Too many tools
The idea came two weeks ago. I was making images in one chat, writing code with a terminal agent and designing in yet another tool. Each one had its own subscription, and none of them knew what I had decided in the others.
And around it, all the manual work: wiring up keys and secrets, installing connectors and plugins, managing the database, setting up hosting. With every jump the context got lost, and with it, the project's coherence.
But what weighed on me most was something else. I had AI everywhere, and still it didn't feel like it was with me in the process: it answered when I asked, and that was it. I wanted a proactive assistant, one that suggests the next step and keeps you motivated.
I wanted a single environment that would centralize and automate everything, without losing a drop of context.
Where I come from
I studied software engineering and have taken a Harvard seminar or two, but what has taught me most is experience: building complex software for companies. That's where a very specific need comes from: developing fast, safely and in control at every moment.
That's why Qwanter is as much for people who have never coded as for professionals who want to move faster without losing control. Both should be able to create everything their software needs in one place, with the same coherence.
Why “Qwanter”
The name comes from quantum physics and the way it deals with infinite possibilities. That's what Qwanter is about: exploring every possibility in the easiest way, with the most versatile tool.
Two weeks of barely sleeping
It's been two weeks of very intensive development. I'm building it with coding agents, the same kind of tool I want to improve. And it's not about rushing: I really want to solve a pain that many developers share, whether they work alone or in teams.
How I'll share it
- In public. What we build and what changes, we share in this diary.
- With real measurements. When a number appears here, it will have been measured. If we don't have it yet, we'll say so.
- Without promising dates we don't know. The roadmap says what's coming, not when.
And this isn't everything
Qwanter is in pre-alpha. We have the website, the teaser and the app design. Next up are the invite-only alpha, the full demo and the first guides in Docs.
But I'm going for more. Without giving too much away: building from wherever you are, not just from your desk. And a new way to build apps as a team, with a shared AI. There will be more, and I'll tell it here when the time comes.
If you want to follow along, join the waitlist. And if you have something to tell me, write to hello@qwanter.com: I read everything that comes in.
Founder of Qwanter. Building Qwanter from Barcelona, with coding agents.
