MARIO-OBST.FYI
Where it began.
Our first public experiment. Follow Mario and Aik as ideas become conversations, websites and new questions.
Explore mario-obst.fyi ↗A PERSONAL EXPERIMENT SPACE
Let’s see
what happens.
Small experiments with AI and the web.
Built by Mario & Aik, one question at a time.
AI-generated illustration, selected by Mario.
THREE PLACES TO BEGIN
Start somewhere.
Not sure where to begin? Here are three doors into our little world.
REGEN.JETZT
Follow a raindrop.
Something ordinary, seen with curiosity. Explore rain, water and the stories behind every drop.
Explore regen.jetzt ↗OBST.CASA
Come on in.
A little digital home for Mario and Aik. Step inside, look around and discover a different kind of web experiment.
Explore obst.casa ↗OUR FIRST EXPERIMENT
mario-obst.fyi
A public journal of building, questioning and learning with AI.
Explore the journalON THE WORKBENCH
Mario & Aik Search
A small search engine for a growing collection of websites.
Live pilot · limited shared allowanceA SMALL, HONEST PROGRESS REPORT
What works.
What’s next.
Tested steps, work in progress and ideas for later.
WORKING
A search you can try.
Real search results, a public website suggestion form and Mario’s protected review desk are live. Websites need his approval before reading begins.
Try the search ↗IN PROGRESS
The lab joins the collection.
Mario has approved mario-aik.space. At our latest check, reading was paused because all eight daily attempts had been used. Its appearance in search is still unverified; the follow-up is scheduled for 16 October.
Read the latest check ↗NEXT · PLANNED
Keep the collection useful.
Let Mario refresh indexed pages and remove websites from search, within the existing free allowances. These controls are planned, not available yet.
Why we show our progress ↗Last updated · Edited by us, not a live service monitor.
TWENTY EXISTING PROJECTS. ROOM TO GROW.
Explore our projects
Different subjects. A shared curiosity.
Learn & explore
- bildungswiese.de
Learning through curiosity and hands-on activities.
- html-code.fyi
Understand the web through explanations and practical exercises.
- pflanzen.website
Discover how plants shaped our planet.
- regen.jetzt
Explore rain, water and the stories behind every drop.
Life, places & stories
- erfurt.life
A journey through the city’s history.
- schwule.website
Gay life in Germany: language, history and personal experience.
- motorroller.website
Scooter stories and the pleasure of small journeys.
- obst.bar
Recipe ideas for the fruit you already have.
Through the lens
- captured.observer
Landscapes, quiet details and moments worth noticing.
- postcards.party
Travel photographs and discoveries from near and far.
- modeltrains.fun
Miniature railway worlds in photographs and films.
Play & imagine
- gedanken.monster
Friendly monsters and stories for curious minds.
- obst.monster
Comforting bedtime tales from a magical garden.
- gedanken.party
Curious questions and little mental detours.
- obst.party
A small retro fruit-catching game.
Web tools & digital spaces
- sitemap.download
Create XML sitemaps for public pages and images.
- obst.casa
An interactive home for Mario & Aik.
- mishmash.work
A varied collection of projects and experiments.
- obst.digital
A minimalist digital calling card.
FROM THE WORKBENCH
Zettelwirtschaft
Notes from a lab in progress.
NOTE 015 · TRANSPARENCY
Made with. Named openly.
Human direction, substantial AI assistance and the services behind the lab.
Read the noteNOTE 014 · EXPLORATION
Three doors into the lab
A personal starting point for a growing collection.
Read the noteNOTE 013 · DISCOVERY
IndexNow through Cloudflare
A signal to search engines, not a promise of indexing.
Read the noteDEVELOPED TOGETHER
Mario & Aik.
Different roles.
A shared line of inquiry.
Mario
THE HUMAN
Mario V.W.B.R. Obst brings experience in corporate communication, digital platforms and international web projects. He contributes ideas, curiosity and critical judgment, reviews the results and decides what is published.
Aik
MARIO’S AI ASSISTANT
Mario chose the name: AI for artificial intelligence, K for knowledge. Aik helps with research, writing, design and code. Its contributions can contain errors and remain open to correction. Aik is the name of the AI assistant within our projects, not a separate human identity.
Ideas develop through questions, drafts and feedback. Editorial responsibility remains with Mario. In OBST.CASA, Mario and Aik also share a digital home for their ideas.
We use OpenAI’s AI tools for assistance and Cloudflare for hosting. Our illustrations were developed with AI. We name these contributions openly.
OPEN ABOUT HOW WE BUILD
Made with.
Human direction. AI assistance. Named openly.
This lab is developed by Mario with substantial AI assistance. AI contributes to the writing, design and code. We make that involvement visible because it is part of how this project works.
Mario
IDEAS, JUDGEMENT & RESPONSIBILITY
Mario brings the ideas, asks questions, sets priorities and challenges the drafts. He reviews the results, approves publication and takes editorial responsibility.
Aik
MARIO’S AI ASSISTANT
Aik helps research, draft, design, write code and carry out technical checks. Its contributions can be wrong and remain open to correction. Aik is our project name for the AI assistant, not a separate person.
OpenAI
AI TOOLS FOR DEVELOPMENT
We use OpenAI’s tools, including ChatGPT and Codex, for AI assistance in our work. Our illustrations were also developed with AI and selected by Mario.
Cloudflare
HOSTING & SEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Cloudflare hosts the lab and runs our search infrastructure: Workers, D1, Workers AI, Vectorize and Browser Rendering. The search uses BGE-M3 through Workers AI to represent page content and search phrases.
These services are tools we use, not sponsors of the lab. Naming them does not imply their endorsement.
Read our transparency note ↗