Hi, I’m Lukas.
I built the study-tracking app Athenify, wrote a book about habits, made Raptor Atlas, an interactive site for discovering goshawks & co., and created Hexarcana, a card duel of six schools of magic. History fascinates me: I tell the story of the First World War on an interactive 3D map. I’m into the Stoics, love to read and like mental models. Katamtka is my failed fantasy project.
Projects
Athenify
The study-tracking app for students: log study time with a focus timer, see progress on a beautiful dashboard and stay on track with streaks and exam countdowns. Used by more than 50,000 learners.
Raptor Atlas
An interactive atlas of birds of prey: hawks, kites, falcons & co. in their age and colour morphs, with profiles, field marks and range maps.
Great War Atlas
The First World War on a 3D relief of Europe in three timelines – the fronts, the home front and diplomacy – from Sarajevo to Versailles, with the people who made the decisions.
Hexarcana
A turn-based card duel against a computer mage: six schools of magic, creatures from myths around the world and powers that follow their legends.
The HabitSystem
My book about the system behind my habits: how to build routines from small, measurable steps so they still stick long after the first three weeks.
Weltklugheit
A German-language site about mental models: thinking tools from psychology, economics, philosophy and science – plus lists of the best books in every field.
Katamtka
The fantasy universe I have been building since 2006: realms, characters, maps and short stories – a failed but much-loved project.
The Study Journal
The predecessor of Athenify: a study planner and tracker as an Excel and Numbers template, with dashboard, medal table and stock chart (in German).
Latest writing
All articles →- Das Schiff des Lebens
- Ein Loblied auf Excel: Warum ich Excel richtig gut finde (und welche Tools Excel ersetzen werden)
- Der Leseluchs: 6 Tipps für besseres Lesen
- Skin in the Game: Werde zum Kämpfer in der Arena (Mehr Accountability)
- Meine persönlichen KPIs: Wie ich mein Leben tracke (>5 Jahre Tracking-Erfahrung)
- 54 Ratschläge an mein 20-jähriges Ich
What I’m into
- HealthFasting
- HealthGym
- NutritionKeto
- HabitsHabit tracking
- OutdoorsNature
- NatureBirds of prey
- IndulgenceChampagne
- IndulgenceFragrances
- IndulgenceCoffee
- StyleGoodyear-welted shoes
- StyleTrousers with side adjusters
- StyleCashmere
- StyleWatches
- ReadingLiterature
- ThinkingMental models
- ThinkingBehavioral finance
- PhilosophyThe Stoics
- CultureHistory
- CultureArt
- ArchitectureGründerzeit
- CraftDesign
- CraftTypography
- Film4K films
- GamesGaming
- FootballReal Madrid
- HeroSteve Jobs
- HeroTheodore Roosevelt