Lunchsimple
Lunchsimple is a simple CLI utility that syncs activity between Wealthsimple and Lunch Money budgets.
I wrote it to scratch an itch for myself: to link between a great bank and great budgeting software.
- Website: https://sr.ht/~colbyhub/lunchsimple/
- Adoption: myself and maybe others
- When: 2025-now
- Technologies: Python
- Source code: https://git.sr.ht/~colbyhub/lunchsimple
It's also the first package I've published on PyPI, so that's exciting.
Clams
Clams was a platform that made it easy to sell digital goods in exchange for cryptocurrency.
Clams featured complete end-to-end encryption for all files and metadata (excluding data related to transactions), which is all handled in the browser.
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I'm quite pleased with how the project turned out, and it was a good challenge writing filesize-agnostic end-to-end encryption completely in JavaScript.
- Website: https://paywithclams.com
- Adoption: a handful of transactions
- When: 2024
- Technologies: Python / Flask / Vanilla JS
- Source code: https://git.sr.ht/~colbyhub/clams
Personal Image Search Engine
I built a simple image search engine for my dad as a gift for Father's Day. He collects a lot of comics and needed an easy way to know if he had a certain copy or not.
It's actually pretty cool and works quite well.
- Adoption: my dad didn't end up using it
- When: 2023
- Technologies: Python / Flask / OpenCV / htmx
- Source code: https://git.sr.ht/~colbyhub/image_search
Herald
Herald was a mass SMS service made for churches and small community groups.
- Adoption: had a few dedicated users
- When: 2021-2023
- Technologies: Python / Django
- Source code: https://git.sr.ht/~colbyhub/herald
Ampersand
Ampersand is a 2D physics-based game engine that supports fluid and sand simulation.
- When: 2022
- Technologies: C
- Source code: https://git.sr.ht/~colbyhub/ampersand
Signet
Signet was a platform that paired designers with brands to create high-quality, responsive email signatures.
- Adoption: had a handful of clients
- When: ~2018-2022
- Technologies: Ruby / Rails
- Source code: somewhere
Gist
Gist was an experimental project, attempting to bring smartphone apps (maps, location details, dictionaries) to dumb phones.
- Adoption: used by myself and some friends
- When: 2018-2019
- Technologies: Elixir
- Source code: lost to the sands of time