Ursa Major

Tinkering logically, fumbling methodically

Ever felt like you needed your own set of tools for your own set of problems, obsessions, and neurodivergent inclinations? A dice that throws any range you want, a Text Editor with only the formatting options that you have use for, info on the planets and their whereabouts, an assistant app to a BOTC game session you run, or a game only you find fun to play. No? Yeah, me neither.

Tic Tac Toe

You 0·0 Computer

The Modern Cave

So many years ago, decades ago, the first calculator was considered an impressive machine, a magical machine almost. Centuries ago, the Sextant and the Astrolabe were considered imperative for sea travel. Certain tools were held in such high regard. Dice, used to dictate our fortunes. Cards our fate. Look how far we have come.

Dice Mechanics Random Engine Eight Baller Days Between Dates Celestial Times Morse DeMorse Text Manager HaikuMan Artman Random Planetary Motion Piano Man

The First System Caves Dice Fighter Dice Derby Bullet Hello Bomber Wordy Hand Cricket Minesweeper Blackjack Solitaire

The Laboratory

There is a beautiful truth to mathematics, the boundaries that math provides simply cannot be overrun. Take for example - the collision detection system. Most game engines deploy a rather unreliable physics based checking mechanism. However, I have found that creating mathematical boundaries, never results in glitching between walls or through doors. It is the truth that acts as the strongest barrier, for no machine can deny that position -10 is greater than position -15.

BATTLE ROYALE

Rock • Paper • Scissors

Projects

Half-mad blueprints that escaped the workshop and learned to run.

SunEater

A comprehensive dashboard and task management application designed for focus tracking, advanced reminders, and conscious expense management.

SunEater is engineered to serve as a centralized hub for personal productivity and life administration. At its core, the application features an advanced task management system that provides a clear, actionable view of current obligations, retrospective analysis of completed tasks, and predictive scheduling for the week ahead. The focus tracking module integrates deep work metrics, allowing users to quantify their productivity periods and identify patterns of distraction. The application's reminder system operates with high precision and variability, supporting complex recurrence rules, condition-based triggers, and categorized alerts that adapt to the user's workflow rather than forcing adherence to a rigid structure.

A defining feature of SunEater is its deliberate approach to financial tracking. Unlike automated aggregation tools that passively sync with bank accounts, the expense tracker enforces manual entry. This design choice introduces intentional psychological friction, forcing the user to consciously process every transaction. By tracking expenditures manually against predefined budgets, users develop a heightened awareness of their spending habits. The dashboard aggregates all these distinct data points—tasks, focus time, and finances—into a singular, highly legible interface.

Source Code (GitHub)Live Application Documentation

Visuals coming soon

Artificial Living

The word Koi is a truncation of Nishikigoi -- the brocaded carp. In their ancestral state, they were biological grey noise: mud-dwelling scavengers ignored by history. Through centuries of selective breeding, humans harvested their genetic errors, isolating vibrant reds, stark whites, and metallic golds. We engineered the animal out of the fish, replacing instinct with aesthetics.

Today, a Koi is not viewed as a sovereign life form; it is a living painting. They are framed into glass walls, where they are cared for like decorations to show-off. Showered with praise and love, not as life, instead as art. An ornamental asset fetching millions at auction. We have converted a pulse into a commodity. I think about this thing that we humans have done to life. We do it a lot to life actually, a lot of examples in nature where we have domesticated, either for our own good or our viewing pleasure.

And I can't help thinking: is this how we end up? Will humans make beautiful technology that given enough time, makes living art out of us? As we integrate with our machines and curate our existence for the digital gaze, we are domesticating our own species. We are the grey carps of the pre-synthetic era.

We are not the masters of this exhibit; we are the next installation.