tinksoft.com is live
2026-06-10
https://tinksoft.com/log/tinksoft-launch/
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I build a lot of things. Lately I've been finishing more of them, and I
wanted somewhere to write that down honestly. This is that place.

## why a chronicle

Most project pages read like sales decks. The part worth reading is the
middle, the rough edges and the pitfalls, the rewrite I put off three months
too long, the moment the architecture finally clicked. That middle part is
what goes on this site.

The tower(site) itself follows one rule. Every page is a single HTTP request,
carries no JavaScript, and fits in a couple of KB. Build small, build sturdy.

## what's on the shelves

There's a [build log](/) for running commentary and a
[projects page](/projects) for the works themselves: the completed, the
in-progress, and the still-imagined. Each gets its own page with the full
story and every related entry from the log.

The current roster:

- **[SepulchrynScan](/projects/sepulchrynscan/)** — a multithreaded
  service-discovery and port scanner in Go. The scrying tool I reach for
  first when I need to map a network.
- **[Detectsmith](/projects/detectsmith/)** — a smithy for detection wards.
  Tries to be useful, not Splunk.
- **[CyberToolbox](/projects/cybertoolbox/)** — a belt of security cantrips
  bound into a single binary.
- **[Locket](/projects/locket/)** — a warded reliquary for secrets, with a
  TUI worth opening daily.
- **[Shipnote](/projects/shipnote/)** — a chronicler imp that reads my git
  log and drafts the release notes so I don't have to.
- **[Cleanpaste](/projects/cleanpaste/)** — a clipboard exorcist. Banishes
  the invisible spirits that ride along in copied text.
- **[Sigil](/projects/sigil/)** — wax seals for release artifacts. GPG with
  the suffering removed.
- **[TPing](/projects/tping/)** — a watchtower for on-call shifts. Sends
  ravens to every store device and shows who answered.
- **[PulpDescent](/projects/pulpdescent/)** and
  **[aGrandAdventure](/projects/agrandadventure/)** — two procedural text
  dungeons in Godot 4, written without an LLM. No bound spirit does the
  writing. Every word is set by hand or grown from deterministic grammar.

## what happens next

New entries go up as the work does, usually when something breaks, gets
fixed, or ships. There's an [RSS feed](/rss.xml) if that's how you read.
Otherwise check the [build log](/) when you re