the workshop
What the studio
has been building.
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Released August 2025 POTCH
A step forward, a task completed, a fear overcome: every victory counts. Potch is a gentle space to nurture gratitude toward yourself and watch your progress grow.
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In Development TBA DAWNLESS ERA
Dawnless Era is a Sci-Fi adventure, narrative, contemplative exploration game currently in development. Development updates are regularly shared on the blog and social media.
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In Development GRIZZLU HI-FI
Grizzlu Hi-Fi plays the audio files of a folder on your Mac inside a vintage hi-fi faceplate: cassettes, a VFD display, buttons that press in. And a station can make its playback reachable by other devices, in sync, upon presentation of an invitation link.
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Released September 2026 KOKORO NEST
Kokoro Nest is two guesthouses in Japan: one in Kyoto's Arashiyama district, the other in Osaka, one train stop away from Universal Studios. Their website speaks Japanese down to its interface, as you enter each house by parting a noren. Three languages, no cookies, no trackers, OpenStreetMap maps, and self-managed hosting.
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What’s next
There’s always another half-formed idea on the workbench. Follow along while it takes shape.
the campfire
After hours, the den
stays warm.
When the workshop lights dim, the fire gets lit. People hang out, share what they’re building, trade ideas and bad puns, and watch the next thing take shape before anyone else does.
bears around the fire right now
about the bear
I’ve been taking things apart
since before I could spell “segfault.”
I’m a developer who never quite grew out of the “but how does it work?” phase. These days that curiosity mostly points at mobile apps, tiny databases, and interfaces that feel good under the thumb.
- small
Software should fit in your head. If I can’t explain it on a napkin, I’ve gone wrong.
- slow
I’d rather ship one useful thing that lasts ten years than ten that are forgotten by spring.
- warm
Tools should be friendly. A good error message is a small act of kindness.
- curious
Half my projects exist only because I wanted to know if they could.
That’s me, grizzlu. A bear made of starstuff, building the small, warm projects I wish existed.