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Independent studio \u00b7 Pennsylvania<\/p>\n \n\n \n

I build small software
that does one thing well.<\/em><\/h1>\n \n\n \n

Eight shipping products. Web, iOS, Android, desktop audio, hardware companion. One person, deliberately. No venture money. No ads. No surveillance.<\/p>\n \n\n \n

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See the work<\/a><\/div>\n \n \n
Studio engagements \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n \n
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shipping products<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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4 mo\/yr<\/span><\/p>\n

available for paid work<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Selected work<\/p>\n \n\n \n

Eight products. One studio.<\/em><\/h2>\n \n\n \n

Each shipped under its own brand and domain. Built end-to-end here \u2014 design, backend, mobile, infra, copy.<\/p>\n \n\n \n

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\n \n \n DAY<\/text>\n 142<\/text>\n DAYS<\/text>\n QUIT X<\/text>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Habit-break tracker<\/p>\n \n \n

Quit Me<\/h3>\n \n \n

Streaks, milestones, shareable wins. Buddies hold you accountable; the app does the math.<\/p>\n \n \n

iOS \u00b7 Android \u00b7 Web \u00b7 Flask \u00b7 Postgres<\/p>\n \n \n

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\n \n \n Sunday \u00b7 May 24<\/text>\n Walked the dunes at dawn.<\/text>\n The fog burned off slowly \u2014<\/text>\n felt like permission to take<\/text>\n Sunday seriously.<\/text>\n \n 2024 \u00b7 FRI<\/text>\n First day back home after<\/text>\n the move.<\/text>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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5-year diary<\/p>\n \n \n

5-Year Journal<\/h3>\n \n \n

One paragraph a day. See the same date for the last five years, side by side.<\/p>\n \n \n

iOS \u00b7 Android \u00b7 Web \u00b7 E2E-encrypted<\/p>\n \n \n

Visit Journal \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n \n \n

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\n \n \n Lily’s wedding<\/text>\n Honeymoon airfare<\/text>\n \n \n $1,860<\/text>\n 62%<\/text>\n Espresso machine<\/text>\n \n \n $144<\/text>\n 24%<\/text>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Group gifting<\/p>\n \n \n

Group-Source Gift<\/h3>\n \n \n

Pool money toward one big gift. Stripe Connect pays the recipient direct. Anonymous-by-default.<\/p>\n \n \n

iOS \u00b7 Android \u00b7 Web \u00b7 Stripe Connect<\/p>\n \n \n

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Ephemeral social<\/p>\n \n \n

Instant<\/h3>\n \n \n

Posts vanish in 24 hours unless you pay to keep one. No algorithm. No follower counts.<\/p>\n \n \n

iOS \u00b7 Android \u00b7 Web \u00b7 S3 \u00b7 Celery<\/p>\n \n \n

Visit Instant \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n \n \n

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\n \n \n CEO \u00b7 NET<\/text>\n \n $1M+ verified<\/text>\n Cohort 3 \u00b7 americas-east<\/text>\n Tuesday \u00b7 10:00 ET \u00b7 weekly<\/text>\n MR<\/text>\n Maya Rodriguez<\/text>\n SaaS \u00b7 NYC<\/text>\n DK<\/text>\n Dan Khoury<\/text>\n Logistics \u00b7 MIA<\/text>\n JP<\/text>\n Jess Park<\/text>\n Fintech \u00b7 TOR<\/text>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Verified-revenue network<\/p>\n \n \n

CEO Network<\/h3>\n \n \n

Founders who can show $1M+ in revenue. Weekly cohorts. Members vouch for the next ones in.<\/p>\n \n \n

iOS \u00b7 Android \u00b7 Web \u00b7 KYC pipeline<\/p>\n \n \n

Visit CEO Network \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n \n \n

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Authorship verification<\/p>\n \n \n

RealME<\/h3>\n \n \n

Verified-identity certificates that countersign your writing. PKI + on-chain anchoring.<\/p>\n \n \n

Flask \u00b7 X.509 \u00b7 Ethereum anchoring<\/p>\n \n \n

Visit RealME \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n \n \n

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\n \n \n \n DYNAMIC DUCKER<\/text>\n multiband sidechain<\/text>\n \n \n \n THRESH<\/text>\n <\/g>\n \n \n \n <\/g>\n RATIO<\/text>\n \n \n \n <\/g>\n ATK<\/text>\n \n \n \n <\/g>\n REL<\/text>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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VST3 audio plugin<\/p>\n \n \n

Dynamic Ducker<\/h3>\n \n \n

Four-band sidechain ducker for mixing voice over music. Optional lookahead. Sub-15ms latency. Free trial, $39 license.<\/p>\n \n \n

JUCE \u00b7 C++ \u00b7 macOS \u00b7 Windows \u00b7 VST3<\/p>\n \n \n

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Hardware + companion<\/p>\n \n \n

Beach Mate<\/h3>\n \n \n

Rugged BLE speaker with WiFi-Direct group sync. Open hardware spec, custom firmware, companion web app for shared control.<\/p>\n \n \n

ESP32-S3 \u00b7 NimBLE \u00b7 Flask companion<\/p>\n \n \n

Visit Beach Mate \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div>\n \n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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The studio<\/p>\n \n\n \n

One person, deliberately.<\/em><\/h2>\n \n\n \n

I’m Austin Harman. I build software end-to-end \u2014 design, backend, mobile, infrastructure, copy. I spent years working on other people’s products at every layer of the stack, and this studio exists so that work can compound into a portfolio of small, honest tools instead of disappearing into one company’s roadmap.<\/p>\n \n\n \n

Everything here is shipped. Nothing’s a mockup. Each product has its own brand, its own support inbox, and its own monetisation \u2014 typically a small subscription or a one-time fee, never ads, never surveillance. Code lives in the open where it can.<\/p>\n \n\n \n

Based in Pennsylvania. Available roughly four months a year for paid studio work \u2014 fixed-fee, 4\u201312 week scopes, with a working prototype by the end of week two or the engagement ends.<\/p>\n \n\n \n

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