About the project
Who is behind it
killBottleneck is built by Richard Pobrislo — one person, an AI enthusiast who runs the Ctrl+Alt+AI YouTube channel about practical AI: tutorials, benchmarks of models running on local hardware, and what actually works rather than what demos well.
That is worth saying out loud, because it explains the product. killBottleneck is not a venture-funded team's roadmap item. It is the tool its author needed, built in the open, run on his own server, and kept free to self-host on purpose. It also explains why the support channels below look the way they do — there is one person on the other end.
How it is built
The code is written 100% by AI — Claude Fable 5, Claude Opus 5 and Claude Opus 4.8 — under human direction.
We say that plainly rather than quietly, because it is the same thing the channel is about: not "AI will replace developers", but what one person plus current models can actually ship and maintain. This documentation was written the same way.
What keeps it honest is the verification, not the enthusiasm:
- every release goes through an automated regression suite and a manual click-through before it ships
- the release notes state what was verified and what deliberately was not
- a claim that something works means it was run, not that it looked right in the diff
If "written by AI" reads as a warning to you, that is a fair instinct — judge it the way you would judge any other codebase: the source is public, the tests are in the repository, and you can run the whole thing on a machine you control without sending a single byte anywhere.
Who is behind it
killBottleneck is built by Richard Pobrislo — LinkedIn, GitHub, YouTube Ctrl+Alt+AI, where the work is shown in the open, including what did not go to plan.
Rights holder
Tengo, s.r.o., ID No. 03339165, Dolní Valy 205, 262 72 Březnice, Czech Republic.
The product is fair-code: free to self-host and use internally, not free to resell or host as a service for others. A commercial license for those cases is available.
Contact
| Where | What for |
|---|---|
| GitHub Issues / Discussions | bugs and ideas for improvements — in the open, so others can see them too |
| security@killbottleneck.com | security issues (not in a public issue) — see SECURITY.md |
| support@killbottleneck.com | paid plans: hosted instance, AI service |
| licence@killbottleneck.com | commercial licensing — hosting as a service, white-label, reselling |
| info@killbottleneck.com | everything else |
We do not accept code from outside contributors — ideas and bug reports we do, and they are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md in the repository.
Supporting the project
killBottleneck is fair-code: the whole product, every feature, is free to self-host and will stay that way. If it helps you:
- follow the YouTube channel — tutorials and AI news
- join us on Discord