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anton-platonov.comturning ideas into real products.
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Hi, I’m Anton.

I turn unclear ideas
into real products.

I’m a technical builder and engineering leader focused on building products and, ultimately, a company of my own. I work from first principles, ship to learn, and turn promising ideas into products people can use.

About Anton Platonov

Technical builder

I like the messy beginning: a half-formed idea, a real problem, and no obvious path. I talk to people, work out what matters, and build the smallest version someone can actually try. Then I use what happens to decide what comes next.

  • Frame the problem
  • Prototype
  • Ship
  • Learn

Engineering leader

As the product and team grow, my job changes: make the goal clear, put decisions close to the work, and give good engineers the context and support they need to ship. If the team needs me in every conversation, I haven’t done the job.

  • Set direction
  • Hire well
  • Unblock
  • Delivery

I’ve spent my career building production software, leading engineers, and taking products from unclear problems to shipped systems.

Background on LinkedIn  ↗

Things I’ve shipped

Small products and experiments that show how I turn curiosity into something testable.

Congiugno’s guided Italian verb-learning roadmap on iPhone

Congiugno

Italian verb practice for iPhone, built around contextual sentence drills and a roadmap for new forms, mistakes, and spaced recall.

Visit congiugno.com  ↗
Sonavia’s connected music journeys homepage

Sonavia

Curated music journeys that map how albums connect through influence and inspiration, making new music easier to discover.

Explore sonavia.xyz  ↗
Cairn’s private semantic screenshot search interface for Mac

Cairn

Private screenshot search for Mac. Save a visual moment, add a voice or text note, and find it later by what you remember.

Visit cairn.software  ↗

Building something ambitious?
I’d like to hear about it.

If you’re a founder, domain expert, or potential cofounder with a meaningful problem, let’s compare notes.