page 01 / always changing

Things I’m
thinking about.

A loose collection of software, visual explanations, and half-finished questions. Poke around. Some things move.

EXP. 14 move your pointer through it

A tiny field of indecisive lines

This lives right here. No detail page, no context, just a small system to disturb.

OKLCH / study 03
NOTE 27 · 8 MIN

What does a color space actually look like?

Walking through the strange geometry hiding behind a color picker.

open the note
this one got
a little out of hand
EXP. 15

An experiment with poor boundaries

The orange ball is supposed to stay in its box. It doesn’t have to.

click the ball →

from today’s notebook:

function preserveTheMess(idea) {
  return idea
    .withoutADeadline()
    .stillWorthSharing();
}

Maybe publishing can be part of thinking, not what happens after.

SYSTEMS / MODEL 01
ESSAY 12 · 14 MIN

Local-first software is a systems problem

Notes on ownership, synchronization, and building calmer tools.

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ABOUT THIS PLACE

I’m James. I make tools for thought, visual explanations, and software that feels a little more direct.

thanks for wandering through