01 / Made here

Good questions.
Works in progress.

Most things here started with a small frustration. These are the apps, tools and experiments I’m building to do something about it.

8 projects · Private builds & experiments

Active private build

SpendWise

I want to understand where my money goes without handing over the details. SpendWise keeps receipts and budgets together on my phone, fully offline.

Under the bonnet

Receipt OCR runs on-device, money is stored in integer pence, and core records do not depend on a cloud account.

  • Kotlin
  • Compose
  • On-device OCR

Active private build

Anchor

I'm building Anchor to fit tasks around fixed commitments, with room to rethink the plan when the day changes.

Under the bonnet

Plans explain why work moved, stage consequential changes for review, and keep flexible scheduling reversible.

  • Kotlin
  • Compose
  • Room

Active private build

PhotoBoi

Room to play with a photo and keep the original. PhotoBoi brings editing and a photo library together on Android, without an account or a cloud upload.

Under the bonnet

Non-destructive edits, GPU previews, local library tools, and on-device processing keep the full photo workflow on the phone.

  • Kotlin
  • Compose
  • OpenGL ES

Active private build

Lumina

A camera app for exploring what happens between the shutter and the finished photo. Lumina keeps the originals and makes the processing something you can inspect.

Under the bonnet

RAW and DNG capture, a shared Vulkan render path, and portable sidecars keep processing controllable and reversible.

  • Kotlin
  • Camera2
  • Vulkan

Active private build

Archivist

For the useful things I find on the web and don't want to lose. Archivist gives them a home on my own machine, ready to read and find again.

Under the bonnet

Archive bundles remain the source of truth, with the searchable database rebuildable from files on disk.

  • Python
  • SQLite
  • GTK

Private prototype

Grafter

A little shift companion on a Pebble watch. Clock work and breaks, keep track of tasks, and check estimated pay with a button press.

Under the bonnet

The watch-first state model works offline, excludes breaks from worked time, and calculates pay in integer pence.

  • Pebble
  • JavaScript
  • Piu

Early private build

Waypoint

Sometimes a direction is all you need. Waypoint puts a compass and saved destinations on a Pebble watch, without needing to keep a phone connected.

Under the bonnet

Bearing stays live on the watch while saved coordinates, distance, and stale-data warnings remain available offline.

  • Pebble
  • Sensors
  • JavaScript

Active experiments

COSMIC tools

Small improvements that make Linux feel more like my own desk. Glanceable widgets and shortcuts close to hand, built for the COSMIC desktop.

Under the bonnet

The widget family shares shell-aware Cairo visuals, while Key Hint reveals shortcuts only when they are needed.

  • Python
  • GTK
  • Cairo