Building something from scratch means the world to me.

I’ve always seen devs as modern sorcerers: a few keystrokes and something magical pops out. The first time I prompted an AI felt like stumbling into the App Store circa 2009. Back then I was way too young to think like a creator; I just main‑lined shiny new apps.

I didn’t realize how badly I wanted to make until I opened an AI‑powered IDE. Once it turned fully agentic, my output exploded—call it a 10× buff.

For the record, this entire project was just me, my laptop, and a fortress of pillows (my bed).

I’m emotional because I’ll never again be this clueless and this electrified. It’s the same high I got shooting my first film at 17 or hammering through my first drum gig. A decade later the buzz is back—I built something that actually works. Sure, it’s rough around the edges and using AI can feel like spelunking without a headlamp, but still: it works. And that rules.

Fact‑checking is brutal—sometimes borderline impossible. The world spins faster every day, and we’ve started trusting raw, shaky footage over polished broadcasts. But facts still matter. So I built a system that pings multiple sources, basically taking the journalist’s “triple‑check” ethos and cranking it to eleven.

I named him Pino, after that wooden kid who just wanted to be real. I wanted my Pino to have the same restless curiosity—a protagonist sniffing his way through a tangled world.

If this tool shaves even a few minutes off someone’s search for truth, I’m happy. It doesn’t have to be flawless, just useful.

Next stop: true autonomy and a bolder personality. I want Pino exploring, poking at corners—same as me.

We’re only at page one. Thanks for reading.

—Iacob & Pino

Iacob Paștina

Pino - Fact Checker

Maker

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