Giffenlabs

Section II

Specimens

Projects observed in the wild — apps, tools, prototypes. Some flourishing, some dormant, some still being coaxed into the light.

Specimen №01

Brown Note

Mobile Application

A peer support app for bathroom isolation - because you're not alone on the throne

Active First obs. 2026
Specimen №02

Throughline

Music Recommendation Graph

A song-level music recommendation graph that explodes artists into individual songs and connects them by traceable musical dimensions

In Progress First obs. 2026
Specimen №03

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Proximity Application

An 8-bit proximity app that plays your song when you're close to the people who matter

Dormant First obs. 2026
Specimen №04

Green Building Gamer

Gamified Certification Training

A gamified certification prep app for Gulf region green building professionals - LEED, Mostadam, and the first serious tooling for regional standards

Active First obs. 2026
Specimen №05

Automatic Pocket

Drummer Timing Trainer

A drummer timing trainer built in one evening with agentic Claude Code — from brief to fully functional app in a single session.

Active First obs. 2026
Specimen №06

8-Bit Drum Kit

Audio Instrument

An interactive drum kit with sprite animations - a nostalgic experiment in AI-assisted web development

Shipped First obs. 2026
Specimen №07

Just Do Something

Wellness / Behavioural

A mobile app that breaks up sedentary work with 1-5 minute micro-workouts every 30 minutes

Dormant First obs. 2025
Specimen №08

Daily Prophet

Reading Companion

A tarot-based daily horoscope app that remembers your past readings to shape future predictions

Dormant First obs. 2025
Specimen №09

Enforcement Actions Scraper

Compliance Intelligence Pipeline

An automated pipeline that collects environmental enforcement actions from 23 regulatory sources across 16 jurisdictions, enriches them with Claude, and serves them through a PostgreSQL-backed REST API

In Progress First obs. 2026
Specimen №10

Privacy Proxy

AI Architecture Pattern

A local pipeline that strips PII from financial documents before sending them to Claude for analysis — so my SIN never touches the cloud

In Progress First obs. 2026
Specimen №11

Audit Quest: Global Compliance

Compliance Training Game

A retro RPG that teaches EHS compliance - one auditor, eight facilities, global regulations

Shipped First obs. 2026
Specimen №12

Edgewood Library

Community Lending App

A community tool-sharing app for neighbors - because that circular saw shouldn't gather dust for another 5 years

Dormant First obs. 2025