About Lehel Kemenes

Chef. Two books written, four more made for other people to write in. And, since this summer, someone who ships apps.

STORY

I've spent fifteen years in kitchens, most of them on split shifts, and for a long time that was the whole story.

Then in April I started running. By August I was sixteen kilos lighter and two books and 4 journals on Amazon — most of them written in the hours around a shift, because those were the hours I had.

Everything on this page came out of that. None of it came from having spare time.

BOOKS

Books and journals

Two I wrote. Four I made for other people to write in — running, the kitchen, and keeping track of your days.

Books and Journals

THE APP

Push-Up Pal

Turn your screen time into push-ups. Free, no ads, nothing leaves your phone.

Push-Up Pal

PRINTS

Prints and things

The same three subjects as everything else here: a cat, running, and a kitchen. On t-shirts, mugs, aprons and stickers.

Shop

SUPPORT

Everything here is either a few pounds on Amazon or free. If something I made helped you, a coffee is a good way to say so.

Coffee

Five Months Later

In March I wrote a post on this site about trying an AI desktop tool. I said something in it that I'd known about myself for years: "I would build something, then abandon it after a few days because it felt too complicated." That was the honest part. I'd done it with budgeting apps, with training plans, with three different note systems. I'd build the thing, feel clever for a week, and then quietly stop opening it. That post is five months old today. I want to write down what

Aug 254 min read

How AI Desktop Tools Transformed My Workflow and Challenged My Trust Issues

I used to be skeptical about new productivity tools. I had tried and abandoned many setups, from complex Notion pages to bullet journals that looked great but failed in practice. I even paid for an app to track my water intake, which I never used. Then I discovered an AI desktop tool called Cowork, and it changed how I work in ways I didn’t expect. This post shares my experience with this tool over the first few weeks and how it challenged my trust issues with my old workflow

Mar 283 min read