Lab / Fleet

The fleet

Thirteen working products across iOS and the web. Games, creative tools, utilities, instruments, and research software, built around the same loop: find the problem, make the interaction real, ship it, watch what happens, iterate. Every image below comes from a working build.

  • 13 working products
  • 2 in Apple distribution
  • 4 in active use
  • 2 live on the web
  • 5 studio builds

01

App Store + TestFlight

Perihelion and Pulsar pushed the work beyond the simulator and into Apple's release pipeline: device testing, packaging, plugin behavior, distribution, and review.

Perihelion ambient drone synth interface with knobs and orb pad

Perihelion

Ambient drone synth · 80+ presets · AUv3

App Store review · v1.1.0
Pulsar stereo tape delay interface with knob row

Pulsar

Stereo tape delay · AUv3

TestFlight · device confirmed

02

In use

Four products built around people I could observe closely. MathFacts v1 passed every mechanical check and failed the kid test the same afternoon. Rev 2 shipped that day. That is the useful part of putting software in someone's hands: users find the things your test suite can't.

Kids Arcade hub with six games, then Neonrace and Emberfall played from it

Kids Arcade

Six browser games built for the kids: racing, dungeon crawl, puzzles, math.

Family plays weekly
MathFacts spaced-repetition kids math practice interface

MathFacts

Spaced-repetition math facts. Rev 2 after the kids rejected rev 1.

In the kids' hands
TimerOS visual timer interface with countdown

TimerOS

Visual timer with MP3 alarms for the kitchen and the homework table.

Family uses daily
Cadence metronome and music timing app interface

Cadence

Metronome and practice timer for the piano bench.

Used at practice

03

Live on the web

Two live web products exploring very different interaction problems: turning a dataset into a useful research interface, and making expressive creative tools work inside the browser.

SaaSafras indie SaaS research database interface with search and filters

SaaSafras

Research database of 150 indie SaaS companies, searchable and filterable.

Live · saasafras.com
Morning Paint watercolor and oil painting canvas interface

Morning Paint

Watercolor, oil, and calligraphy brushes in a PWA canvas.

Live · PWA

04

Studio builds

Five working iOS tools built to explore interaction models across music, MIDI, lighting, and composition. This is where an idea goes from "what if?" to something I can actually use, test, and learn from.

Corona physical-model electric piano interface

Corona

Physical-model electric piano, AUv3.

Working build · Simulator
Cosmoscope cosmic audio effect interface

Cosmoscope

Cosmic audio effect, AUv3.

Working build · Simulator
PerihelionChord standalone screen: instructions for loading the AUv3 in a host

PerihelionChord

Chord and arp MIDI processor; the interface lives in the host.

Working build · Simulator
WallWash DMX lighting control interface

WallWash

DMX lighting control for live events.

Working build · Simulator
Composey kids piano composition interface with musical staff

Composey

Kids piano composition, notes onto a staff.

Working build · Web

How these get built is written up in the build log; the harness that builds them is Stem.