Blog
News, launches, and technical notes.
Smirk Wallet v0.3.0: Nostr identity, federated backends, and Grin slate transports
v0.3.0 makes Smirk federated end to end: a configurable backend host, a NIP-07 provider with tiered signing, Grin slates over NIP-59 gift-wraps, and smirk-backend-core released under MIT.
Our Animated Splash Was Tanking the Mobile PageSpeed Score. It Wasn't the Image.
An animated hero, a mobile score stuck in the 60s, and a fix that came down to one render-blocking stylesheet, not the image. Updated August 2026 with a new splash and a layout shift the score was hiding.
Wownerogue: A Provably-Fair Roguelike on Block Time
A browser roguelike whose round timer is the blockchain. How the commit-reveal fairness, the block-timing deadline, and the Monero payout batching work.
Such Moon Launch: Rebuilding My First Game, Years Later
The expanded re-release of the very first game I ever wrote. 11 levels, 4 weapons, an endless mode, and proper tilt-to-steer controls. Wownero-themed pixel-art rocket arcade.
3D Physics in Flutter: Building a Dice Roller with three_js and cannon_physics
Implementing real-time 3D rendering and rigid body physics in a Flutter mobile app, including the bugs, workarounds, and a quaternion convention that cost us hours.
Building a Data-Driven Trivia Engine: No LLMs, Just Verified Facts
How we built Vegan IQ's question pipeline: deterministic generation from USDA, Oxford, and FAOSTAT data, quality filtering from 2,461 to 1,066 questions, and a greedy anti-repetition algorithm that makes every quiz feel fresh.
Vegan IQ: 1,066 Data-Backed Trivia Questions
A plant-based trivia game built on USDA, Oxford, NIH, and FAOSTAT data. Flutter, Python data pipeline, deterministic question generation. Android and iOS.
Suchoice is Live
AI-powered decision making app with subscriptions and ad monetization: now on Android and iOS
Neroswap: a Privacy-First DEX & CEX Aggregator
How we built a real-time orderbook aggregator across 6 decentralized and centralized exchanges: scraping atomic swap networks, gRPC observer nodes, and public APIs every 10 minutes. No KYC, no custody, no tracking.
Crypto Checkout Infrastructure for Multi-Tenant Shops
Non-custodial XMR and WOW checkout, plus Grin via BTCPayServer
Building Bauhaus Echo: A Cross-Platform Puzzle Game from Scratch
How we built a Bauhaus-inspired memory puzzle with libGDX, shipped it to five platforms, and added global leaderboards with HMAC-signed score submissions
Smirk Wallet v0.1.6
Non-custodial social tipping for Telegram and Discord
Website Relaunch
New design, new infrastructure, same focus on quality