Small Cat Labs

A microdevelopment studio

About The Lab

This is a side project I've created as a platform to learn AI... while at the same letting me build exactly the apps I want on my phone.

I cut my teeth on a legacy FORTRAN codebase managed with RCS, and I'm comfortable in MATLAB, Python, and c++17, but times have changed. We have iPhones. Clouds. Vibe coding. Small Cat Labs is how I'm going to bring myself up to speed on modern technologies like this.

The spread of AI development tools has enabled the mass customization concept Stan Davis wrote about in 2001. Only now it's software, and we have generative AI. It's a fascinating time to be alive.

Welcome to Small Cat Labs.

—Tom Holz

PS - Everything below this line is AI-generated, with some manual polishing.

PPS - Except for this note. I'm waiting for my MacBook Air to arrive since I can't build iOS apps on my windows desktop.

Project #1: Solar Noon

This is a digital sundial that provides precise solar information based on your location using standard opens-sourced astronomy libraries.

MVP Features:

Future Enhancements:

Project #2: DIY White Noise

A personalized ambient noise generator where users can design their own noise spectrum.

MVP Features:

Future Enhancements:

Project #3: Compute Tasker

Ideation-stage startup concept. Think multi-architecture workload decomposition.

Roadmap

March 2025

April 2025

H2 2025

Tooling

Possible Tech Stack

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