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
building · 2024
Kitchen Renovation
A full kitchen renovation in an 1886 house.
Read the build log
building · 2025
Backyard Renovation
Transforming the backyard with new hardscaping, irrigation, planting, and outdoor living spaces
building · 2026
Outdoor 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
building · 2023
SF 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.
Photography
Shows
A concert ledger: every set rated 1–10, then power-ranked from head-to-head comparisons.
- events
- 52
- sets
- 196
- artists
- 158
- comparisons
- 857
Typical error ±1.0 stars. Sets with no comparisons yet show their gut rating instead.