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A side quest/that kept growing
SpotMyMap started as a side quest that refused to stay small. This page is the honest version of why it exists, who is poking at it, and where it might go next.
Why this/exists
As a kid I hunted for websites that felt odd, funny, or just a little wrong in the best way. Not the polished corporate ones. The handmade ones. The ones that made you grin at the screen and wonder who built that.
I always wanted one of my own. SpotMyMap is the first real step. A living map where brands, creators and communities can plant a visible mark on a country, pay what the spot is worth to them, and leave a trace that sticks around.
First on the web. Later, if the map keeps breathing, on the App Store and Google Play too. Same idea, pocket-sized.
Hi, I am/Kristo
I have been a web developer at a small company since 2022. A friend invited me in after I had complained, for a long time, that my old job and the 4 a.m. wake-ups were simply not me. I learned Elementor, took the risk, and left a steady paycheck behind.
Still one of the best decisions of my life. I have always been a computer person. Web work fits because I like curious homepages and design that feels alive. Since then I have learned something new almost every day - little tricks, better habits, tools that make the craft more fun.
The job is sitting down a lot, sure. But each day still has its own flavor. And besides the salary I somehow found a lovely partner at work too. Today we share a home with two soft chaos agents: rabbits named Bibi and Twixi.
My partner finished graphic design at the Estonian Academy of Arts in June 2026, cum laude. I am not about to sit that one out. I had been out of school for seven years - just working, learning on the job - and now I am finally going back, this time for applied informatics.
AI is barreling into this field, and that is fine. Someone still has to untangle the spaghetti. I would happily be that someone. Tinkering has always been my favorite sport. Even when the day job makes me sigh, I meet a good challenge with both arms open. We will see what the future brings.
My other/interests
I studied guitar for nine years. I love music, but I have never really cared for performing. Leave me alone with a guitar, though, and I can easily spend a few hours just playing around.
I also consume a frankly unreasonable amount of YouTube while working. Stand-up, tutorials, random gaming videos, news, then somehow more stand-up. Add streams, films, series and games to that and you have a fairly accurate picture.
I cook when the kitchen cooperates.
And every now and then there is the obligatory trip to a certain giant blue-and-yellow furniture store. Mostly for the meatballs.
I also make small browser extensions and plugins, usually for myself, whenever I find something in my workflow that could be faster, easier or just slightly less annoying.
SpotMyMap actually started during a break at the office one day in July. A few of us somehow ended up talking about the weird websites we used to visit as kids, and that gave me an idea: what if there was a living world map where people could buy a little piece of space for themselves, their company, brand, project, community, cause, website or whatever else they wanted to put out into the world?
It sounded fun. It also sounded like exactly the kind of “small side project” that would get completely out of hand.
A little over a month of tinkering later, and after once again spending far too much of my free time on one of my own projects, SpotMyMap was basically done.
Or at least done by my standards.
I am fully expecting to find about a million tiny things I suddenly want to change during the first week after launch. :)
What is/next
Keep the map weird. Keep the placements honest. Your listing remains part of the map and its history, even when its current visual share is too small to show at every zoom. Grow from a web playground into something you can open on your phone without losing the joke. If you claimed a spot, thanks for being early. If you are just looking around - welcome. Stay curious.