On AI Lounge since Oct 2026
Johannes Nicolai
Member #1,148DeveloperL3Solutions Engineering, Postman
Token cost saving expert by API and tool optimizations
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Pinned projects
Modernization of jonico/gui - mechanical migration to a current Java stack, measured with and without OpenRewrite
Modernization of jonico/ccfmaster - mechanical migration to a current Java stack, measured with and without OpenRewrite
Small wrapper around redash-mcp-server
Blog posts on why LLMs mangle MCP output and how Postman can help
A Yoda-conditions OpenRewrite recipe, and an A/B experiment applying it to ~4,089 sites across four codebases
About
Johannes Nicolai works in Solutions Engineering at Postman, based in Potsdam, Germany. His public GitHub work under the handle jonico includes Model Context Protocol servers for a standing desk and a Redash server wrapper, an agent built on fast.agent, and an open list of self-hosted GitHub Actions runners that has earned 900 stars. Recent work centers on cutting token costs through API and tool optimizations, with three repositories pushed in the last 30 days.
Stack
Experience
A(P)I and Open Source Enthusiast
Strategic Solutions Engineering · Postman
Director of Solutions Engineering (embedded Into LLM Applied Research Team as Chief Vibe Officer) · poolside
Regional Solutions Engineering Lead · Postman
Strategic Solutions Engineering · Postman
Solutions Engineer · PlanetScale
Principal Solutions Engineer · GitHub
Enterprise Solutions Engineer · GitHub
Director of Engineering · CollabNet
