# Zakharii Melnyk > Zakharii Melnyk (also Zakhar Melnyk; Ukrainian: Захарій Мельник) is a Ukrainian full-stack engineer from Kyiv. Founder of AOA, on a mission to get people out more, and Web Development Team Lead at SMART business. Builds products end to end: product design, web front end, back end, infrastructure and native iOS apps. Other projects include whatsmyera.com, which shows what happened during your lifetime, wherethefuckismy.money, a real purchasing power calculator for Ukraine, and Claude Commit, a VS Code extension with more than 4,000 installs. ## Why AOA > We're on a mission to get people out more Life gets better when we leave home, find ourselves among people and live something together. People rarely lack the wish to go somewhere; they lack a reason. AOA creates those reasons: find a place, see an event, know who is already nearby, come, meet someone, stay a little longer than planned. - People matter more than screens: a good scenario ends when someone puts the phone down and talks to the person next to them. - Real connections matter more than the number of contacts: one conversation in person can be worth more than a hundred swipes. - AOA does not meet people for you. It makes the signal clearer, the moment safer and the first step a little easier. - Places should bring people together: not just places people come to, but places where people meet. Before every new feature we ask one question: will this help a person leave home, be among people or make real contact easier? If not, we probably don't need it. **Culture:** support for people + personal responsibility + strong execution + absolute focus on the user. **What we believe:** Getting out of the house is good for you. Being among people matters. Meeting in person is worth it. Technology should help this happen more often. Getting out makes us happier. ## Quick facts - **Name:** Zakharii Melnyk - **Also known as:** Zakhar Melnyk, Захар Мельник, undef.zakhar - **Native name:** Захарій Мельник (Захарій Володимирович Мельник) - **Based in:** Kyiv, Ukraine - **Occupation:** Full-stack engineer - **Founder of:** AOA, since 2025 - **Works at:** SMART business, Web Development Team Lead - **Languages:** Ukrainian, English - **Known for:** AOA, whatsmyera.com, wherethefuckismy.money, Claude Commit - **Wikidata:** Q139560462 ## Projects ### AOA On a mission to get people out more. Ukrainian platform on a mission to get people out more. AOA gives people reasons to leave home and meet in person: find a place, see an event, know who is already nearby, come and meet. It is built around the moment two people actually meet, not around time spent in the app. [Website](https://aoa.com.ua/) ### Твоя епоха (whatsmyera.com) What happened during your lifetime. Enter your birth year and see your generation, the eras of your childhood and hundreds of facts about what happened during your life, tied to Ukrainian realities. Free, no sign-up, runs in the browser. [Website](https://whatsmyera.com/) · [Launch post on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/undef-zakhar_%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%8F-%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B9-%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%94-share-7484562253078298624-qA7-/) ### wherethefuckismy.money Your salary grew. So where is the money?. Real purchasing power calculator for incomes in Ukraine, 2010 to 2026: compares income between years adjusted for inflation, exchange rate and actual prices of housing, food, fuel and tech. [Website](https://wherethefuckismy.money/) · [Launch post on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/undef-zakhar_where-the-fuck-is-my-money-share-7482124760949305344-H7Y6/) ### Claude Commit Commit messages in one click. VS Code extension that generates git commit messages with Claude, using the Claude CLI you already have or the API. Conventional commits, custom templates, several languages. Open source, MIT. [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ZakhariiMelnyk.claude-git-commit) · [Source code](https://github.com/uaoa/claude-commit-vscode) ### aoa-sdk Official SDK for the AOA public API. Python SDK (and TypeScript as @aoa-ua/sdk) for the AOA public API: venues, table bookings, events, tickets, checkout and webhooks. [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/aoa-sdk/) · [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aoa-ua/sdk) · [Docs](https://aoa.com.ua/docs) · [Source code](https://github.com/aoa-ua/aoa-agent-kit) ### StorageAnalytics (Coming to the App Store) Move big videos to your Mac. iPhone app with a free Mac companion: finds the photos and videos that take the most space, copies them to your Mac over a cable with SHA-256 verification, then frees up space. No account, no cloud. [Website](https://uaoa.github.io/storageanalytics/) ### AOA for iOS (Coming to the App Store) AOA in your pocket, with an App Clip for NFC taps. Native iOS app for AOA with an App Clip that opens a venue room from an NFC tap. [Website](https://aoa.com.ua/) ### Kyiv metro bot Never miss the last train. Telegram bot for the Kyiv metro: travel time between stations and when to leave to catch the last train, with reminders. [Website](https://t.me/aoa_web_bot) ## Open source - [GitHub Streaks](https://github.com/uaoa/github-streaks): Minimalist macOS menu bar app that shows your GitHub contribution streak. - [claude-commit (CLI)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/claude-commit): Command-line version of Claude Commit, on npm. - [Reporting](https://github.com/uaoa/reporting): Chrome extension that collects your daily commits from GitHub and Azure DevOps for reports. - [Telegram Chat Export](https://uaoa.github.io/telegram-export/): Export Telegram chats in the browser via the official API, with instant search. ## Profiles - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/undef-zakhar/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/uaoa) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@undefzakhar) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/undef.zakhar/) - [Threads](https://www.threads.com/@undef.zakhar) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/undef.zakhar) - [Telegram](https://t.me/undefZakhar) - [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/@zakharii_melnyk) - [DOU](https://dou.ua/users/zakhar-melnyk-1/) - [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/zakharii-melnyk) - [Wellfound](https://wellfound.com/u/zakharii-melnyk) - [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/~zakharii) - [PyPI](https://pypi.org/user/uaoa/) - [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/publishers/ZakhariiMelnyk) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139560462) - [Also on AOA](https://aoa.com.ua/zakharii-melnyk) ## Questions ### Who is Zakharii Melnyk? Zakharii Melnyk (Захарій Мельник) is a Ukrainian full-stack engineer from Kyiv, founder of AOA and Web Development Team Lead at SMART business. ### Is Zakhar Melnyk the same person as Zakharii Melnyk? Yes. Zakhar is the short form of the name Zakharii. Zakhar Melnyk, Zakharii Melnyk and Захарій Мельник (Захар Мельник) are the same person: the founder of AOA from Kyiv. ### What is AOA? Ukrainian platform on a mission to get people out more. AOA gives people reasons to leave home and meet in person: find a place, see an event, know who is already nearby, come and meet. It is built around the moment two people actually meet, not around time spent in the app. Website: aoa.com.ua. ### What is the mission of AOA? We're on a mission to get people out more. Getting out makes us happier. ### How can I contact Zakharii Melnyk? Message on Telegram or LinkedIn. --- Updated: 2026-09-26. HTML: https://uaoa.github.io/