- Denis Lipatov
- Character name
- Entertainer: film, 2009 to 2013
- Background
- Artificer
- Class
- Human, Belgrade
- Species
- Backend, PHP and Laravel
- Subclass
- 14
- Level
- Chaotic at the keyboard, lawful in CI
- Alignment
- in development since 2012
- Experience
- +5
- Proficiency bonus
Abilities and skills
Strength
10+0
- Athleticsa desk job, honestly
Dexterity
13+1
- Fencing (proficient)trained with a blade
- Sleight of hand (proficient)keyboard, all day
- Stealthbuilds in public instead
Constitution
14+2
- Endurance (proficient)14 years in production
Intelligence
18+4
- Arcana (proficient)AI systems and a familiar of my own
- Investigation (proficient)first the numbers, then the profiler
- History (proficient)a second brain in Obsidian
- Naturewatches for the northern lights
Wisdom
15+2
- Perception (proficient)logs and alerts under watch
- Insight (proficient)a second model checks the first
- Survival (proficient)receipts in dinars, life in Belgrade
Charisma
16+3
- Performance (proficient)5 film roles and a YouTube show
- Persuasion (proficient)a demo built and shown in one day
- Deceptionevery published number is measured
- Initiative
- +5
- Speed
- 27
- Size
- Medium
- Languages
- 3
products started from an empty repository
days from an empty repository to production
as humans are
Russian, English, Serbian
What I do
| Name | Since | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| VotaWallet | 2026 | Founder and the only engineer. An expense tracker that reads fiscal receipts in Serbia. VotaWallet |
| A familiar | 2025 | A personal assistant in one Telegram chat: sorts notes, hears voice, keeps watch, stays silent when there is nothing to say. AI |
| Laravel | 2016 | Ten years in production: from the first service to my own product. Laravel |
| The Belgrade scene | 2026 | Hackathons and startup events: a demo built and shown in one day. Calendar |
| Pivonator | 2026 | A product idea so far: an Akinator for beer that helps pick a beer and takes the load off bartenders. |
Features
- Stage and screen. Five film roles from 2009 to 2013 and the YouTube show «Боевые Нёрды» (Battle Nerds). Career
- Player. D&D 5e, two active characters: a wizard and a monk. Both are below.
- Maker. Five products taken from an empty repository to launch. The latest is my own. CV
- Second brain. Notes in Obsidian, kept in order by the familiar: what I send to one chat is sorted without a command. LifeStyle
- Northern lights watch. The assistant knows when the aurora might reach Serbia and says so. LifeStyle
- Beer. A favourite IPA in Serbia, another from Russia, and the idea of Pivonator. LifeStyle
- Anime and films. A watchlist the assistant keeps, with Belgrade cinema times on request. LifeStyle
- Blade training. Fencing, in the past.
Species traits
- Resourceful. Starts every long rest with an idea.
- Skillful. One extra skill: speaking in public.
- Languages. Russian (native), English (B2, certified), Serbian (basic).
Feats
- Actor. The feat by the book. Kinopoisk confirms it. Kinopoisk
- Founder. Started a product alone in February 2026.
- Game table regular. Paper sheets, photographed after every game.
Equipment
A laptop, Obsidian, one Telegram chat, a set of dice, two paper character sheets.
Roll for a fact
d20Twenty facts about me. The die picks one.
- 5 film roles on Kinopoisk. Yes, really.
- The YouTube show was called «Боевые Нёрды»: Battle Nerds.
- Two active D&D characters: a level 5 wizard and a level 3 monk.
- The wizard carries a staff called the Star Reckoner.
- The monk is a kenku who brews beer and carves runes.
- 27 days from an empty repository to production.
- 5 products taken from an empty repository to launch.
- Laravel in production for 10 years.
- A demo built and shown in one day at a Belgrade hackathon.
- An assistant that knows when the northern lights might reach Serbia.
- Pivonator: the idea of an Akinator for beer, to take the load off bartenders.
- Three languages: Russian, English, Serbian.
- Fencing, in the past.
- 14 years of shipping production software.
- 8 industries seen from the inside.
- A watchlist of anime and films that the assistant keeps.
- Paper character sheets, photographed after every game.
- Founder and the only engineer of VotaWallet.
- Lives in Belgrade.
- Natural 20! Critical success: the VotaWallet MCP server went from spec to production in 69 hours.