Shipping Useful Software, One Problem at a Time
Hi friends,
I’ve been building personal projects over the years. Most of them are tools I use daily, and a few others have found them useful too.
This space is mainly to document milestones, share updates, and serve as a general FAQ for everything I build.
Most of what I make follows the same principles:
Free and open source
Simple installation (single file installer)
Portable versions available (download the zip version)
Local-first (your data stays on your machine)
Built to solve specific everyday problems
Here’s a semi-complete list:
CHOTU (download page)
For the problem of opening 10 search results to piece together one useful answer.
This is the project that pushed me to finally start writing publicly. The outputs it has produced so far have been genuinely exciting. (Images aren’t uploaded on Hashnode yet, but they’re available on the releases page.)
[An agentic research tool built with ReAct workflows, LangChain, and LangGraph.]
NoteStack(download page)
For the problem of notes being scattered everywhere.
Organize notes and text snippets into folders, tag them, search instantly, sort easily, and export anytime.
MioLauncher
For the problem of wasting time clicking through files, folders, or browser tabs.
A fast launcher inspired by Spotlight. Search files, search the web, and do live calculations from one clean search bar.
ClipLogger(download page)
For the classic problem: “I copied something and lost it.”
A lightweight clipboard memory tool that runs quietly in the background and lets you recover copied text anytime.
LaterGram(live now)
For the problem of useful articles disappearing, changing, or becoming unreadable later.
Save clean text versions of web pages for later reading. Built as a browser extension + companion web app.
Pocket Empires Refreshed(live now)
Remembering the greatest game I've ever played.
Inspired by the golden era of Pocket Empires. A modern attempt to keep that spirit alive.
I originally built these to solve my own problems, but after seeing others enjoy using them too, I decided to make them public.
Hopefully, others will find them useful as well.
I’ll start sharing progress, lessons, experiments, failures, and releases here.
If any of these sound useful, or you have feedback, I’d love to hear from you.