Nicky Semenza
Software engineer and hands-on builder. I make distributed systems, useful tools, rooms, furniture, and photographs in San Francisco. This site is the working record.
Featured work
2024Kitchen Renovation
A full kitchen renovation in an 1886 house.
2025Backyard Renovation
Transforming the backyard with new hardscaping, irrigation, planting, and outdoor living spaces
2023SF Streets Map & Frame
Every street in San Francisco rendered from GIS data with Python, then set in a stained birch frame and cut mat board.
2026Outdoor Kitchen Island
Designing and building a steel-framed, brick-clad outdoor kitchen island with a built-in Big Green Egg, sink, and cedar slat storage
2022Half Bath Renovation
2023Shoe Rack Cabinet
A custom wood shoe cabinet for the entryway, modeled in Fusion 360 before it was built.
2022–2023Vinyl Record Storage
2020DIY mason jar spice rack
Photography
Shows
A concert ledger: every set rated 1–10, then power-ranked from head-to-head comparisons.
- events
- 52
- sets
- 198
- artists
- 159
- comparisons
- 877
Typical error ±1.0 stars. Sets with no comparisons yet show their gut rating instead.