INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE LAB EST. IN CURIOSITY

A little playful.
A lot of purpose.

Thoughtful software for people doing meaningful work. Built with care, a healthy respect for the details, and just enough monkey business.

Explore the work How I build

DESIGN / ENGINEERING / CURIOSITY

NOW BUILDING

Tools that make work feel lighter.

01 Built for real people

02 Private by default

03 Crafted to last

/ WHAT'S ON THE WORKBENCH

Work worth making.

Small, intentional projects. Useful before flashy, thoughtful from the first sketch.

FEATURED PROJECTPRIVATE PILOT

Tracing
Guatemala.

Family stories deserve better tools.

A focused workspace for organizing family-history research: clients, cases, sources, and notes in one place. Designed to support the researcher, never replace their judgment.

Case and client management
Research notebook and source tracking
Privacy-minded, locally hosted workflows

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RESEARCH WORKSPACE / CONCEPT

GOOD MORNING, RESEARCHERMake room for discoveries.

⚲ Search your workspace

ACTIVE CASES03Fictional demo

SOURCES TO REVIEW07In the queue

RECENT ACTIVITY

Sample case Notebook updated

Demo source Added to review

Conceptual preview · Fictional data only

More in the workshop.

Developer tools, useful experiments, and ideas worth exploring.

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/ THE THINKING BEHIND IT

Old-school care.
Modern tools.

Good software is more than working code. It's what happens when the person using it feels understood.

01 /

People first.

Start with the actual workflow. Remove friction before adding clever features.

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Respect the data.

Build clear boundaries, simple access controls, and privacy into the foundation.

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Details matter.

Readable architecture, practical tests, and thoughtful interfaces age well.

/ BEHIND THE MONKEY

Curious by nature.
Builder by habit.

KrunchyMonkey is a personal home for software projects, prototypes, and the occasional ambitious idea. A place to make practical tools with personality.

No buzzword bingo. Just making things that work, taking pride in the craft, and learning something along the way.

See the code on GitHub

A little playful.A lot of purpose.