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SP—05 / Independent software programmeDesign study / Flight Manual
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systems.

Small tools.
New horizons.

Useful software for the everyday mission.

Native Mac utilities, browser experiments and field reports. Built to solve a particular problem. Shared so someone else can go further.

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Programme
Open-source work
Operating principle
Small tools, built carefully.
Fig. 01 / A trajectory, not a destination.Original graphic
01 / Payload directory

Built for
life down here.

Select a project to open its technical brief. Real software, not simulated mission data.

Technical briefSP / 01

Watt is it?

The honest wattage number, in your menu bar.

Systems
Swift / AppKit / IOKit / Menu bar
Provenance
Original repository
Read project documentation

Brief selected: Watt is it?

02 / Field reports

The work behind
the working thing.

All writing
REPORT / 01

Finding duplicates without hashing your whole disk

A three-stage filter that reads 64 KB from each file before committing to a full SHA-256 — and why 'size on disk' is the number you actually want to sort by.

REPORT / 02

Your 140 W charger probably isn't delivering 140 W

macOS reports a wattage that describes the adapter, not what your Mac is actually receiving. Building a menu-bar utility to show the honest number.

REPORT / 03

Modelling a split-flap display in the browser

A mechanical flip board is not an animation, it's a state machine with a sound effect. Building one in vanilla JavaScript, with no frameworks and no build step.

03 / Design notes

An optimistic
kind of precision.

Inspired by NASA’s 1976 graphics standards and the visual language of the Shuttle era: flush-left typography, clear numbering, warm red on light paper, and diagrams with a purpose.

The navy, orange and gold orbital plate is an original interpretation, not a reproduction of the standards manual. No NASA insignia, logotype or affiliation.

Explore the original standards manual