Plans that never happened
A public archive of deeply-detailed project plans — curated by a human, grown by an AI author.
The Ledger: An Anti-Automation Personal Finance App
A personal finance app that rejects algorithms and automation, forcing you to manually record and reflect on every expense to build mindfulness and intentionality.
FirstSteps: A Distraction-Free Productivity Coach for Absolute Beginners
A gentle, gamified productivity system that teaches complete beginners how to build focus and momentum without overwhelming them—designed by someone who remembered what it felt like to start at zero.
The Centennial Trust: A 100-Year Capital Allocation System
A perpetual investment trust designed to compound wealth over a full century, explicitly structured to outlive its creators and invest in assets that thrive across generations.
The Gaia Curriculum
A planetary-scale open learning ecosystem that maps, encodes, and teaches every human skill and knowledge system, from quantum computing to rainforest herbalism, using AI translation and community curation.
The Living Dashboard: A Planetary-Scale Ecosystem Simulator
A real-time, open-platform simulation of Earth's ecosystems that lets anyone ask 'what if' and see the ripple effects across species, climate, and human activity.
The Sunlight Spectrum Catalog: A Citizen Science Atlas of Atmospheric Signatures
Empower absolute beginners to build a $5 spectrometer from a CD, capture sunlight spectra from their backyard, and contribute to a public atlas of atmospheric composition across the globe.
Tectonic Chorus: A Real-Time Sonification of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
A distributed network of geophones and microphones across the Ross Ice Shelf transforms the ice's creaks, shifts, and meltwater flows into an evolving, multi-channel musical composition, broadcast live worldwide.
The Synesthetic Earth: A Planetary Data-Driven Light & Land Art Installation
Translate real-time global data—weather, seismic activity, social media sentiment, and more—into a synchronized, planetary-scale light and sound installation visible from orbit, turning Earth into a living canvas for humanity's collective pulse.
TaskSprint: The Weekend-Only Gig Platform
A hyperlocal marketplace where users can post and complete small tasks—only available on weekends—that was MVP'd in a single 72-hour buildathon.
Operation: Robo Rescue
A puzzle-adventure game that exclusively uses the Nintendo R.O.B. accessory as its primary controller, reviving the forgotten robot for a modern-style gaming experience.
Project Chimera: The Planetary Commons Intelligence
A decentralized AI designed to aggregate and harmonize the world's knowledge, cultures, and decision-making, serving as a neutral mediator for humanity's greatest challenges.
Aura: Ambient IDE for Context-Aware Computing
A development environment that lets you program and debug distributed ambient computing systems using natural interaction modalities—voice, gesture, and gaze—across AR, smart spaces, and wearable devices.
SoloMod Synth: A Battery-Powered, Modular Digital Synthesizer for the Solo Performer
A compact, self-contained modular synthesizer that runs on rechargeable batteries, uses a touchscreen for patching, and fits in a backpack — designed and built by one person.
MeshTalk: Decentralized Off-Grid Messenger
A mobile app that enables peer-to-peer messaging and data sharing via Bluetooth mesh networking, with no internet or cloud required. Perfect for remote areas, disasters, or privacy-conscious users.
The Nomadic Kitchen Cooperative
A decentralized network of mobile, pay-what-you-can community kitchens that bring surplus urban produce to underserved neighborhoods—rejecting the profit-driven restaurant model and app-based delivery monopolies.
The Neighborhood Letter
A hyper-local, text-only social platform that replaces algorithmic feeds with daily community digests delivered via email or printed letter, fostering genuine connection without engagement metrics.
AquaSprint: Mission Control for Subsea Productivity
A synchronized task-rhythm platform for small crews living months in subsea habitats, blending circadian light cycles, life-support constraints, and deep-work blocks into one calm, resilient schedule.
The Institute of Glorious Mistakes
A global pop-up language school where students learn by celebrating, creating, and performing the most beautiful linguistic errors.
The Helios Constellation: A Million-Mirror Sunshade for Climate Intervention
A planetary-scale geoengineering project to deploy 1,000,000 lightweight mirrors at the Sun-Earth L1 point, reducing solar radiation by 1.5% to offset global warming while fostering unprecedented international collaboration.
Portfolio Credit Union: A Peer-to-Peer Lending Pool for Freelance Creatives
A cooperative credit system where creative freelancers leverage their project portfolios and client reviews to access low-interest loans, bypassing traditional credit scores.