___________________________________
     |                                   |\
     |   O p e n V a n . c a m p         | \
     |___________________________________|  |
    /=====================================\ |
   |   ___                         ___     ||
   |  /   \   [..]    [..]   [..]  /   \    ||
   |_|  o  |_______________________|  o  |__/
      \___/                         \___/
   ----------------------------------------------------------
        O p e n V a n . c a m p  --  built by a human


/* THE HUMAN */

    Name:      Aleksey Kopaev
    Role:      Founder, editor, and the only developer
    Location:  Somewhere in Europe. In a campervan. Since 2023.
    Telegram:  t.me/kopaev   <-- fastest way to reach me
    Contact:   hello@openvan.camp
    GitHub:    github.com/Kopaev
    Writing:   medium.com/@alexkopaev  ·  dev.to/kopaev


/* THE STORY */

    This whole site -- the fuel prices across 125+ countries, the
    weather index, the 7-language news pipeline, the MCP server,
    the maps, the 8,000+ clustered stories -- was vibe-coded.
    Solo. From a van. For about $150/month in infrastructure.

    No team. No funding. No full-time engineers. Just one person,
    an AI pair, a laptop, and a 12V power socket.

    If that sounds impossible, open the source. It's all real.


/* THE STACK */

    Backend:   Laravel 12, PHP 8.2, PostgreSQL, Redis, Horizon
    Frontend:  Livewire 3, Tailwind CSS, Blade
    AI:        Claude Code, LiteLLM, vector clustering, MCP
    Infra:     nginx FastCGI cache, GeoIP, self-hosted, CC BY 4.0
    Approach:  vibe coding, done properly -- fast TTFB, clean
               robots, real structured data, llms.txt, the works.


/* HIRE THE HUMAN */

    You read a .txt file looking for the person behind the pixels.
    That already makes you the kind of client worth working with.

    I'm open to freelance and contract work:
      - Building products like this one, end to end
      - AI integrations, agents, MCP servers, LLM pipelines
      - GEO / SEO done so machines AND people can find you

    Got a project? Want a site that earns its traffic?
      ->  Telegram:  https://t.me/kopaev
      ->  Email:     hello@openvan.camp
      ->  https://openvan.camp/en/about#contacts

    P.S. Если ты дочитал до сюда по-русски -- мы точно сработаемся.
         Пиши в телегу, обсудим. Кофе на мне (если найдёшь, где
         я припарковался).


                  /* Last update: 2026-06 */
                  /* Made with curiosity, not algorithms */