A short, honest letter from the human behind the paw print — about a kid who hated history, a Roman river, and a stubborn idea that wouldn't go away.
Hi, I'm the maker of Sofi
Founder · Designer · Coffee enthusiast
I'm building Sofi as a one-person studio (with a lot of help from people who believe in this). This page is the long version of why.
Maker's Coffee Tank
We filled 1482 cups of coffee during development. Click the cup to pour another!
Growing up, history felt like a stack of dates I had to memorize before a test. Names without faces. Wars without reasons. I'd close the textbook and forget everything by Friday. It wasn't that I didn't care — I just couldn't feel it.
One late night in college, a friend told me the story of Caesar crossing the Rubicon — not as facts, but as a scene. The cold river, the doubt, the whisper of “the die is cast.” I sat there stunned. History wasn't boring. It had just been told to me wrong my entire life.
I started sketching Sofi on napkins between shifts. What if every history lesson felt like that night? What if it was a story you couldn't put down — playful, human, a little dramatic? Months of late coffees and louder doubts later, the first prototype came alive.
Sofi isn't a product to me — it's the class I wish I'd had. Every kid who messages me saying “I actually finished a chapter today” keeps me up building. We're still small, still scrappy, still figuring it out. And I'd love for you to be part of it.
“History isn't boring.
It was just told to us wrong.”
Every coffee, every server bill, every late night — your support literally keeps this story going. No pressure, just gratitude.
100% goes to building Sofi · Thank you