rustam nafikov

Builder

About

I'm Rustam — a builder with 14 years in the IT world, from scrappy startups to Google and Amazon. The thread through all of it: I love making tools that help people. My latest tool happens to be a tower defense game — built solo, no engine, no framework — for everyone whose day contains one merge conflict too many. Merge crystals instead. It helps, I promise.

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Maker History

BuildForFreeWe build one free app a month. You bring the problem.
Sep 2026
Resonance Merge DefenseThe only merge that never breaks the build
Jul 2026

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Joined Product HuntAugust 17th, 2022

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19d ago

BuildForFree - We build one free app a month. You bring the problem.

BuildForFree ships one free web app a month for a real organization with a real workflow problem. Not a chatbot draft. A hosted tool your team can log into in fourteen days after we have access and answers. Apply with a short form. We pick one. You get a working MVP. We get a public case study.

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2mo ago

Resonance Merge Defense - The only merge that never breaks the build

The decompression tab for developers. When the fifth rebase of the day breaks you, merge crystal towers instead — link them into resonance networks, hold the Nexus, and go back to work actually feeling better. Free, in-browser, no install, no ads, no account.