PANEL JUMP -- Saeed Kolivand

Cover -- first printing

The Cover

Harley, the fluffy golden-brown tabby cat mascot, seated and watching the desk.

SAEED KOLIVAND

ISSUE #1 - JUL 2026 - FIRST PRINTING

The origin issue: one dev, three worlds, zero ghosting.

STILL ONLY 200 OKSCROLL TO CRACK THE SPINE

Issue 1 -- one window still lit

The Rain

A lone figure at a single lit window on a dark, rain-streaked block.

Rain again. The kind that gets into your commits.
One window lit on the whole dead block. Mine.
Then the cat jumped. Cats always know the cut.

Issue 2 -- keys under the lamp

The Desk

One window still lit; the keys under the lamp. The workspace:

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsTauriNode.jsGraphQLAI

CLACKCLACK-CLACKCLAKKACHUNKTAK-TAKCLICK

Issue 3 -- the stack in neon

The City

The stack, lit up in neon over the code city.

REACTTYPESCRIPTJAVASCRIPTNEXT.JSGRAPHQLNODE.JSTAURIAI OPEN 24H

Issue 4 -- kid to senior

The Origin

Every issue has an origin. Here's mine, in panels.

Started ProgrammingA kid, a hand-me-down machine, one blinking cursor.
UniversityUniversity taught me the words. The cursor taught me the rest.
First JobFirst job. First paycheck for making the machine flinch.
Moved to GermanyTwo suitcases and a one-way ticket. Cologne now.
Senior Frontend EngineerSenior Frontend. Same curiosity, sharper tools.
Open SourceNights I leave the lights on in open source.
AI Job HunterThen I built a robot to hunt the jobs for me.

A child at a hand-me-down computer, one cursor blinking in the dark.

A young developer arriving in Cologne with two suitcases.

Issue 5 -- skills off the line

The Press

Skills come off the line, department by department.

REACT

The floor where the UI gets stamped out, part by part.

TYPESCRIPT

Blueprints. Every wire labeled before it ships.

TAURI

Heavy machinery, orange sparks. Presses the whole app into one desktop binary.

The thinking department. Wires itself while you wait.

See projects

Issue 6 -- open source, front page

The Headline

LOCAL DEV SHIPS AGAIN

SOURCE STAYS OPEN, MAINTAINER STAYS AWAKE
MERGE CONFLICT ENDS PEACEFULLY, SOURCES SAY
AI OPS HUB SEES EVERY TOOL, TELLS NO CLOUD

Front-page newsprint photo of Harley, the golden-brown tabby mascot, on duty.

AI Job Hunter

Local-first desktop app: covers 16 job boards, writes the cover letters, does everything but hit submit.

GITHUB WEBSITE

PR MERGEDAI OPS HUB SHIPS LOCAL-FIRSTSTREAM DECK NOW SHOWS CLAUDE USAGETOKENSAVER COUNTS THE TOKENS SAVED42 STARS OVERNIGHTCI GREEN ACROSS THE BOARD

Issue 7 -- station by station

The Line

The line runs station to station.

Started Programming
Boarded here. Didn't know the route yet.
University
Long stop. Learned to read the map.
First Job
First transfer. Somebody paid the fare.
Moved to Germany
Crossed a border in the dark. New line.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Express track now. They handed me the throttle.
Open Source
Side platform I keep coming back to.
AI Job Hunter
Built my own car and hitched it on.
Streaming
Last stop's lit red. ON AIR.

Issue 8 -- live and on air

The Signal

Live and on air. The chat rolls in:

first!!pogship it alreadyclean code kingF in chathe's locked inthat's a mergeno bugs today?W streamgreen ci babythe cat! the cat!type faster!!

NEW SUPPORTER just bought the whole team pizza.

KA-CHING!

Issue 9 -- the architecture, by hand

The Sketch

The architecture, by hand: Frontend to API to Workers to AI to DB to Search to Desktop.

LINK 1Frontend: where the user thinks it's simple.
LINK 2API: the polite bouncer. Checks every request.
LINK 3Workers: they do the boring parts, quietly.
LINK 4AI: reads the room, writes the letter.
LINK 5DB + Search: everything remembered, everything findable.
LINK 6Desktop: runs on your machine. No cloud, no leaks.

Issue 10 -- the whole run at once

The Spread

The whole run at once, laid out like a constellation:

The Cover
The Rain
The Desk
The City
The Origin
The Press
The Headline
The Line
The Signal
The Sketch

One reader, one thumb, the whole run in a single sky.

Issue 11 -- commands in, answers out

The Letters

Commands in, answers out.

about: Senior Frontend Developer. Cologne. I build AI-powered tools and ship them.
projects: AI Job Hunter up front. Then: AI Engineering Hub [ops platform] Claude Usage [Stream Deck] TokenSaver [Stream Deck] Vocal Remover [Python]
experience: Years of React and TypeScript. Lately: Tauri, teaching machines to type.
skills: React, TypeScript, Next.js, Tauri, Node, GraphQL, and a stubborn amount of AI.
contact: The mailbox is on the desk. Assembled at runtime, so the bots stay hungry.
resume: OUT OF STOCK. This issue sold out its print run. Reprint pending.
github: Opening the archive. Every commit, every all-nighter, cataloged. github.com/saeedkolivand
linkedin: Straightening the tie. Opening the professional record. linkedin.com/in/saeedkolivand
harley: Harley here. Fluffy, ~2.5 years old, and in charge. I supervise every commit; he just types faster. The actual senior engineer on this project.