🛠️ Anchorbase.xyz
2026 – PresentWeb app to help Engineers and designers in the AEC industry navigate their codes and standards
Web AppAEC IndustryStartup
◆Co-Founder & CEO · Anchorbase.xyz◆Full Stack Web Developer◆Currently Building in AEC Tech◆Attended AIM Startup Accelerator · London◆40+ Book Reviews◆Marathon Runner, Road Cyclist, Open Water Swimmer & Gym-Goer◆Writing Essays on Engineering, History & Strategy◆Building SKILLS.md, AI Agents, AI Context Engineering, & RAG Pipelines◆React · Next.js · TypeScript · Supabase · Python◆LangChain · LlamaIndex · Pinecone Vector DBs · Gemini/Claude/Grok LLMs◆Built an Agentic RAG Pipeline · 80% Fewer AI Errors◆Design Manager · HS2 £2B Megaproject◆100s of Engineers Managed◆3 Highway Bridges Designed from 0 to 1◆Built 11 Floors of a High-Rise on a Construction Site◆3 Weeks to 3 Hours · Automated Culvert Design Tool◆Built a Vertical Farm for My House · Everfarm◆Attempted to Fix the Single-Use Plastic Problem · Everbox◆Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil Engineering◆Best Actor · Wrote & Starred in a School Play◆Never Take Advice Without Skin in the Game◆Entrepreneurs Are Heroes · They Fail for the Rest of Us◆Things Without Skin in the Game Tend to Grow Complex◆If Your Private Life Contradicts Your Opinion, Your Opinion Cancels◆What Important Truth Do Very Few People Agree With You On?◆Customers Won't Come Just Because You Build It◆You're Either on the Bus or off the Bus◆Be Ethical Even When No One Is Looking◆Avoid Status Signalling◆Free Capital Markets Are the Only True Way to Uplift a Society◆Complacency in Times of Peace Is a Prince Killer◆Stand on the Shoulders of Giants◆Beware of Complacency · The Cheese Can Move Overnight◆Co-Founder & CEO · Anchorbase.xyz◆Full Stack Web Developer◆Currently Building in AEC Tech◆Attended AIM Startup Accelerator · London◆40+ Book Reviews◆Marathon Runner, Road Cyclist, Open Water Swimmer & Gym-Goer◆Writing Essays on Engineering, History & Strategy◆Building SKILLS.md, AI Agents, AI Context Engineering, & RAG Pipelines◆React · Next.js · TypeScript · Supabase · Python◆LangChain · LlamaIndex · Pinecone Vector DBs · Gemini/Claude/Grok LLMs◆Built an Agentic RAG Pipeline · 80% Fewer AI Errors◆Design Manager · HS2 £2B Megaproject◆100s of Engineers Managed◆3 Highway Bridges Designed from 0 to 1◆Built 11 Floors of a High-Rise on a Construction Site◆3 Weeks to 3 Hours · Automated Culvert Design Tool◆Built a Vertical Farm for My House · Everfarm◆Attempted to Fix the Single-Use Plastic Problem · Everbox◆Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil Engineering◆Best Actor · Wrote & Starred in a School Play◆Never Take Advice Without Skin in the Game◆Entrepreneurs Are Heroes · They Fail for the Rest of Us◆Things Without Skin in the Game Tend to Grow Complex◆If Your Private Life Contradicts Your Opinion, Your Opinion Cancels◆What Important Truth Do Very Few People Agree With You On?◆Customers Won't Come Just Because You Build It◆You're Either on the Bus or off the Bus◆Be Ethical Even When No One Is Looking◆Avoid Status Signalling◆Free Capital Markets Are the Only True Way to Uplift a Society◆Complacency in Times of Peace Is a Prince Killer◆Stand on the Shoulders of Giants◆Beware of Complacency · The Cheese Can Move Overnight
Nicholas Tickle
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About Me
Engineer in London. Co-founder and CEO of Anchorbase.xyz where we are building a centralised technical library for designers in the AEC industry. The company was co-founded during a residency at the Ambitious Impact startup accelerator in London.
Over the years, I have managed hundreds of engineers on multi-billion pound infrastructure projects. I have designed and built bridges, buildings, and web applications, with a passion for complex problem-solving and cross-pollinating ideas across industries.
I am on a mission to build companies that are fully queryable, agent-native, and designed to unlock maximum human creativity whilst tackling the world's hardest problems.
I am inspired by human progress and believe that this is the most exciting era in human history. I am here to serve humanity. Join me.
About this site
This site is where I share what I'm working on and what I've learned along the way. You'll find my projects, each with its own lessons learned, my essays (also published on Substack), and a reading list of notable books I've read, with my thoughts on each. There's also a startup wiki of the startup and engineering knowledge I've found most valuable, plus a few recommendations.
If something here is useful, or you think I've got something wrong, send me a message using the form below. I read everything, and it helps me improve the site and my work.
Projects
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🛠️ Project Machine
2025 – 2025Project management web app aimed at recording how long tasks take and storing them as lessons learned for future projects
Web DevNext.jsTypeScript
🛠️ High Speed Rail 2 (HS2)
2022 – 2025Design management of the viaduct structures for the sublot 4 section of the HS2 railway development in the UK
BridgesHS2Design Management
🛠️ Immigration To The UK
2021 – 2021Documented my immigration experience, with insights that may be useful to others.
ImmigrationLondon
🛠️ Everbox
2021 – 2021Developed a deposit return scheme using reusable containers for the restaurant takeaway industry.
StartupMobile AppEnvironment
🛠️ Everfarm
2020 – 2020Built a compact at-home vertical farm for fresh leafy greens and vegetables
StartupVertical FarmHydroponics
Essays
View All →(showing 1 of 1 essays)
📝 Fear Factor in the WorkplaceThe Strict vs. The KindEffective leaders balance strictness and kindness. Like Stronghold Crusader's Fear Factor: too much pressure kills morale; excessive niceness kills output. The optimal mix drives high performance and loyalty.
People Management10 min readSeptember 2025
Reading List
See all reviews →(showing 5 of 39 book reviews)
📚 A Brief History of TimeStephen HawkingThis book had been on my reading list for some time, and it was only when I spotted it in a charity store that I decided to read it. I did not like the idea of such a book being ownerless, so I deemed...
★★★★☆Book completed in 2026
📚 The Art of AI Context EngineeringOrion BitContext Engineering is the art of designing, building, and managing the information ecosystem that an AI large language model uses to perform tasks. It encompasses all activities relating to creating ...
★★★☆☆Book completed in 2025
📚 Zero to OnePeter ThielPeter Thiel’s life makes you wonder how it could be that a human can achieve so much in one life span. For anyone looking to start their own business, this is one of the books you should read, and in ...
★★★★★Book completed in 2025
📚 The PrinceNiccolò MachiavelliThis book found its way onto my reading list after watching an Instagram reel proclaiming it to be one of the most dangerous to read. I was further intrigued when I read some historical accounts sugg...
★★★★★Book completed in 2025
📚 The Mom TestRob FitzpatrickThe title of this book is misleading. It has nothing to do with parenthood. Here is the subtitle: “How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you”. Th...
★★★★★Book completed in 2025
📚 MeditationsMarcus AureliusMeditations is a collection of journal entries written by Marcus Aurelius himself, the Roman Emperor who ruled from 161 – 180 CE. If you have watched the movie Gladiator, he is the old man who dies at...
★★★☆☆Book completed in 2025
Recommended
View All →(showing 5 of 14 recommendations)
📌 Fall of Civilizations - Documentaries about the collapse of civilizations throughout history. Created by Paul Cooper.
📌 Human Progress - An organization dedicated to providing evidence of human progress and showing that this is the best time to be alive.
📌 The People Profiles - Long form documentaries on the lives of the most famous and infamous people in history. With a strong emphasis on evidence available and an attempt at impartiality.
📌 The Royal Institution - Full length talks from the world's leading scientists.
📌 Brett Hall - Do Not Destroy The Means Of Error Correction.
📌 Nina Jablonski - The Evolution and Meanings of Human Skin Color.
Feedback / Contact
About Me
Engineer in London. Co-founder and CEO of Anchorbase.xyz where we are building a centralised technical library for designers in the AEC industry. The company was co-founded during a residency at the Ambitious Impact startup accelerator in London.
Over the years, I have managed hundreds of engineers on multi-billion pound infrastructure projects. I have designed and built bridges, buildings, and web applications, with a passion for complex problem-solving and cross-pollinating ideas across industries.
I am on a mission to build companies that are fully queryable, agent-native, and designed to unlock maximum human creativity whilst tackling the world's hardest problems.
I am inspired by human progress and believe that this is the most exciting era in human history. I am here to serve humanity. Join me.
Projects
View All →(showing 5 of 14 projects)
🛠️ Anchorbase.xyz
2026 – PresentWeb app to help Engineers and designers in the AEC industry navigate their codes and standards
Web AppAEC IndustryStartup
🛠️ Project Machine
2025 – 2025Project management web app aimed at recording how long tasks take and storing them as lessons learned for future projects
Web DevNext.jsTypeScript
🛠️ High Speed Rail 2 (HS2)
2022 – 2025Design management of the viaduct structures for the sublot 4 section of the HS2 railway development in the UK
BridgesHS2Design Management
🛠️ Immigration To The UK
2021 – 2021Documented my immigration experience, with insights that may be useful to others.
ImmigrationLondon
🛠️ Everbox
2021 – 2021Developed a deposit return scheme using reusable containers for the restaurant takeaway industry.
StartupMobile AppEnvironment
🛠️ Everfarm
2020 – 2020Built a compact at-home vertical farm for fresh leafy greens and vegetables
StartupVertical FarmHydroponics
Reading List
See all reviews →(showing 5 of 39 book reviews)
📚 A Brief History of TimeStephen HawkingThis book had been on my reading list for some time, and it was only when I spotted it in a charity store that I decided to read it. I did not like the idea of such a book being ownerless, so I deemed...
★★★★☆Book completed in 2026
📚 The Art of AI Context EngineeringOrion BitContext Engineering is the art of designing, building, and managing the information ecosystem that an AI large language model uses to perform tasks. It encompasses all activities relating to creating ...
★★★☆☆Book completed in 2025
📚 Zero to OnePeter ThielPeter Thiel’s life makes you wonder how it could be that a human can achieve so much in one life span. For anyone looking to start their own business, this is one of the books you should read, and in ...
★★★★★Book completed in 2025
📚 The PrinceNiccolò MachiavelliThis book found its way onto my reading list after watching an Instagram reel proclaiming it to be one of the most dangerous to read. I was further intrigued when I read some historical accounts sugg...
★★★★★Book completed in 2025
📚 The Mom TestRob FitzpatrickThe title of this book is misleading. It has nothing to do with parenthood. Here is the subtitle: “How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you”. Th...
★★★★★Book completed in 2025
📚 MeditationsMarcus AureliusMeditations is a collection of journal entries written by Marcus Aurelius himself, the Roman Emperor who ruled from 161 – 180 CE. If you have watched the movie Gladiator, he is the old man who dies at...
★★★☆☆Book completed in 2025
About this site
This site is where I share what I'm working on and what I've learned along the way. You'll find my projects, each with its own lessons learned, my essays (also published on Substack), and a reading list of notable books I've read, with my thoughts on each. There's also a startup wiki of the startup and engineering knowledge I've found most valuable, plus a few recommendations.
If something here is useful, or you think I've got something wrong, send me a message using the form below. I read everything, and it helps me improve the site and my work.
Essays
View All →(showing 1 of 1 essays)
📝 Fear Factor in the WorkplaceThe Strict vs. The KindEffective leaders balance strictness and kindness. Like Stronghold Crusader's Fear Factor: too much pressure kills morale; excessive niceness kills output. The optimal mix drives high performance and loyalty.
People Management10 min readSeptember 2025
Recommended
View All →(showing 5 of 14 recommendations)
📌 Fall of Civilizations - Documentaries about the collapse of civilizations throughout history. Created by Paul Cooper.
📌 Human Progress - An organization dedicated to providing evidence of human progress and showing that this is the best time to be alive.
📌 The People Profiles - Long form documentaries on the lives of the most famous and infamous people in history. With a strong emphasis on evidence available and an attempt at impartiality.
📌 The Royal Institution - Full length talks from the world's leading scientists.
📌 Brett Hall - Do Not Destroy The Means Of Error Correction.
📌 Nina Jablonski - The Evolution and Meanings of Human Skin Color.