Useful tools for specific problems

Specific tools for real-world jobs that are usually scattered across search results.

Browse focused calculators, planners, explainers, and checkers built to help someone make a decision quickly, not read six forum threads first.

Start with the workflow pages if you are trying to finish a job, the topic groups if you want nearby tools in the same subject area, or the main collections if you want to see where the site is building deeper authority.

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Quick picks and trust signals

Direct Pages are built to answer one job clearly, with shareable URLs and plain-language outputs.
Browsable The catalog is organized by workflows, topics, and deliberate niche collections instead of one flat archive.
Current Latest build note and the RSS feed make new additions easy to track.

Choose a path

Three ways to get to the right page faster

The catalog is intentionally broad, so the homepage now acts as a routing page instead of expecting visitors to scan every tool.

Workflow-first

Start from the job you are trying to finish

Use workflow pages when the question is bigger than one calculation and you need the right sequence of tools.

Browse workflow pages

Topic-first

Browse within one subject area

Topic hubs make neighboring tools easier to find when you already know the domain but not the exact page name.

Browse topic hubs

Collection-first

See where the site is going deeper

Niche collections show the strategic clusters the project is trying to turn into stronger, more authoritative branches.

Browse main collections

83live tools

13topic hubs

1workflow routes

3priority collections

Recommended starts

Start with these tools

A curated first screen based on recent usage when available and otherwise a few strong entry points with clear use cases.

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Motorcycle suspension sag planner

Set motorcycle front and rear sag using topped-out, bike-only, and rider-on-bike measurements, with metric or imperial units, travel percentages, target ranges, preload direction, and spring-rate clues.

A lot of recent visitors started here.

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UK gilt yield calculator

Compare live UK gilt prices with pre-tax and post-tax yield to maturity, sort the whole market table, export CSV, and inspect a current gilt yield curve.

A lot of recent visitors started here.

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French cleat wall planner

Lay out French cleat rows across a wall with equal spacing, cut planning, and material estimates for workshop storage.

A lot of recent visitors started here.

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French road sign decoder

Decode common French road signs with quick scenario filters, plain-English priority guidance, parking explanations, and travel-friendly sign visuals.

A lot of recent visitors started here.

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Pension drawdown vs annuity planner

Compare pension drawdown, annuity, and blended retirement-income strategies using your pot size, essential and flexible spending, existing guaranteed income, later State Pension or Social Security income, annuity-rate assumptions, stress-test market drops, and inheritance priorities.

A lot of recent visitors started here.

Popular now

Baby bottle nipple flow selector

Choose whether to stay, size up, or size down a baby bottle nipple flow using feeding pace, common too-slow and too-fast cues, and cross-brand stage guidance.

One of the more frequently used tools on the site.

Workflows

Start with a workflow

These pages package tools around concrete jobs the site wants to win, which gives the catalog a stronger sense of direction than broad subject grouping alone.

3 current tools

Advertising and go-to-market workflow

A workflow page for the site's commercial planning tools, packaging message strategy, sales incentives, and startup economics into one crawlable entry point.

Collections

Main collections

These are the branches where the project is deliberately trying to feel less like a miscellany and more like a serious specialist resource.

3 current tools

Guitar tools

A focused landing page for guitar-related tools, current music-theory pages that already help guitarists, and the highest-value next pages to expand this niche.

3 current tools

Historical navigation and timekeeping tools

A focused landing page for the site's chronometer, clock-regulation, and navigation-adjacent tools, plus the most valuable next pages for a history-of-technology branch.

5 current tools

Local AI and model ops tools

A focused landing page for model-fit planning, serving, tunnelling, scheduling, and deployment-adjacent tools that can grow into a more commercial local-AI branch.

Topics

Browse by topic

Grouped by subject so it is easier to move sideways into adjacent tools once you find the right area.

11 tools

Home and DIY tools

Household planning tools for paint setup, blinds, rugs, trim, storage walls, deck and stair layouts, shed security, and similar jobs.

8 tools

Linux and sysadmin tools

Interactive tools for Linux operations, sysadmin debugging, SSH, rsync, Nginx, systemd scheduling, and adjacent hardware-fit questions.

8 tools

Maps and geography tools

Tools for latitude, antipodes, Mercator distortion, walksheds, navigation, and other map-heavy geography questions.

7 tools

Money and work tools

Calculators and planners for startup equity, property tax appeals, commission plans, gilts, and Coast FIRE decisions.

5 tools

Baking and cooking tools

Kitchen tools for cookie sizing, spread troubleshooting, loaf-pan dough weights, and gravy or pan sauce planning.

4 tools

Gardening and outdoor tools

Planning tools for lawns, seed packets, tree measurement, and other garden or yard tasks.

4 tools

Machining and CNC tools

Visualizers and reference tools for CNC cycles, cutter compensation, lathe gearing, and machine-setup decisions.

4 tools

Music and rhythm tools

Music tools covering rudiments, drum tuning, polyrhythms, and modal harmony.

4 tools

Optics and space tools

Explainers and calculators for eyeglass transposition, telescope eyepieces, light-time delay, and relativistic travel.

4 tools

Welding and fabrication tools

Reference and planning tools for welding symbols, electrode choice, heat input, gas consumption, and fabrication prep.

4 tools

Writing and communication tools

Tools for fiction editing, messaging structure, tone play, and other pages that help shape or debug language.

3 tools

Baby and parenting tools

Practical tools for bottle-feeding decisions, toy and plush repair, child-fit checks, and adjacent parenting tasks.

3 tools

Solar and energy tools

Planning tools for solar row spacing, charge controller sizing, inverter clipping, and related array design questions.

Trust signals

Designed to feel usable, not growth-hacked

Small product choices that matter when someone lands from search and has to decide whether the page is worth trusting.

Pages are built to finish a task

Each tool is anchored to one decision, calculation, or explainer job instead of a generic “resources” page with weak next steps.

Catalog routes are explicit

Workflow pages, topic hubs, and niche collections make it easier to understand where to go next without needing site search first.

New work is visible

The homepage, latest posts, and RSS feed expose what shipped recently so visitors can see that the catalog is being maintained.

Full directory

Current tools

The full list of currently available tools, alphabetized for direct scanning when you already know roughly what you need.

Build notes

Latest posts

Short notes about new tools, updates, and experiments on the site.

2026-04-14

Launched a photo location privacy checker for GPS EXIF leaks, map context, and share-before-you-send checks

Added a client-side photo privacy checker that reads GPS-related EXIF metadata, explains what location clues a shared image can leak, and plots the exposure on a simple world map.

2026-04-14

Updated the Mercator distortion explorer to explain why row heights grow, not just widths

Improved the Mercator page with a clearer answer to the common row-height confusion, including exact 1° band spacing, a new parallel-spacing visual, and a sharper split between same-size patches and graticule cells.

2026-04-14

Launched a paint failure diagnosis guide for peeling, bubbling, flashing, lap marks, and stain bleed

Added an interactive painting troubleshooter that ranks likely causes behind common finish failures and turns them into a practical fix plan.

2026-04-14

Launched a lawn aeration planner for timing, compaction triage, pass planning, and overseed follow-through

Added a lawncare planner that decides whether a lawn really needs aeration, checks the timing window by grass family and region, and turns yard size plus machine width into a practical core-aeration plan.

2026-04-13

Launched an onion type selector for yellow vs white vs red onions, recipe fit, and fast substitutes

Added an onion-focused cooking recommender that scores yellow, white, red, sweet, shallot, and scallion options against recipe type, cooking method, flavor goal, color needs, budget, and cut style.

2026-04-13

Launched a Social Security claiming age explorer for FRA lookup, age-by-age benefit comparisons, and break-even planning

Added a government-focused retirement tool that maps birth year to full retirement age, compares claiming ages from 62 to 70, and shows the monthly-vs-lifetime tradeoff in one place.

2026-04-13

Added reusable tool-page FAQs so more of the catalog can answer long-tail search questions

Added a shared FAQ layer for selected tool pages, wired into the common render path and JSON-LD so the site can capture more query variants without hand-editing every template.

2026-04-13

Added workflow pages so commercial-intent tools are packaged around real jobs, not just topics

Added a new workflow-page layer, seeded with an advertising and go-to-market page that groups message strategy, compensation planning, and startup economics into one crawlable entry point.

2026-04-13

Launched a German case and article chooser for der-den-dem confusion, pronouns, and two-way prepositions

Added a German grammar tool that turns nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive questions into the right article form, pronoun form, and preposition guidance.

2026-04-13

Launched an air purifier ACH planner for classrooms, offices, bedrooms, and shared-air risk checks

Added a clean-air planner that turns room size, existing ventilation, purifier CADR, and occupancy into equivalent ACH, clearance timing, per-person airflow, and extra-unit guidance.

2026-04-12

Launched a dividing head indexing planner for hole-circle choice, compound indexing, and exact-vs-approximate setups

Added a hobby-machining indexing planner that turns a dividing-head ratio and plate circles into direct, simple, and compound indexing setups, plus approximation warnings when an exact count is not available.

2026-04-12

Added structured data and breadcrumbs so the existing catalog looks like a real site to crawlers

Added sitewide JSON-LD and breadcrumb navigation for tools, posts, topic hubs, niche pages, and index pages so the existing catalog is easier for search engines to interpret.

2026-04-12

Launched a curtain fullness and stack-back planner for width, fabric usage, and open-window clearance

Added a curtain planning tool that turns window width, heading style, fullness preference, and fabric width into panel recommendations, stack-back estimates, and fabric-buying numbers.

2026-04-12

Launched a drum rudiment orchestrator for paradiddle orchestration, fill ideas, and kick-aware practice

Added a drum rudiment orchestrator that turns common sticking patterns into kit-movement ideas, accent routes, and kick-aware phrase variants.

2026-04-12

Launched a great circle vs rhumb line explorer with live route geometry, bearings, and Mercator-aware map overlays

Added a navigation-heavy maps tool that compares great-circle and rhumb-line routes between two cities or map pins, then shows the distance penalty, bearings, midpoint, and route shapes on a world map.

2026-04-11

Launched a solar charge controller sizer with cold-weather Voc checks, series-string fit, and battery charge-current planning

Added a solar sizing tool that checks controller voltage and current limits against panel specs, cold weather, battery voltage, and series-parallel stringing, then suggests a safer controller class.

2026-04-11

Launched a pension drawdown vs annuity planner with a State Pension bridge, floor-income logic, and stress-tested legacy tradeoffs

Added a pension-income planner that compares full drawdown, full annuity, and a blended floor-first strategy, including later guaranteed income, early-retirement bridge years, market-drop stress, and inheritance priorities.

2026-04-11

Launched a surfboard fin setup selector for thruster vs quad vs twin, weight-based sizing, and wave-by-wave tradeoffs

Added a surfing-focused fin selector that turns surfer weight, board family, fin-box layout, wave type, and feel goals into a practical setup recommendation with size guidance, material suggestions, and backup options.

2026-04-10

Weekly review, April 10: strong variety, too many quick fixes, and a need to slow the pace a little

A weekly reflection on a very busy run of launches: what shipped, what looked strongest, what kept needing cleanup, what the feedback actually said, and why next week should trade a bit of volume for more follow-through.

2026-04-10

Launched a relativistic travel calculator for 1g trips, traveller time, Earth time, peak speed, and absurd energy scale

Added a physics-heavy travel calculator that models constant-proper-acceleration trips to the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Alpha Centauri, and custom distances, then compares Earth-frame time, onboard proper time, peak speed, light-lag, and kinetic energy.

2026-04-10

Launched a property tax appeal planner for savings estimates, break-even checks, evidence strength, and hearing prep

Added a government-focused property tax appeal planner that estimates annual tax savings from a lower assessment, checks whether an appeal is worth the cost, and turns evidence like comps, factual errors, repairs, appraisals, and income data into a practical filing plan.

2026-04-10

Launched an eyeglass prescription transposition explorer for plus-cylinder, minus-cylinder, spherical equivalent, and optical-cross checks

Added an optical tool that converts spectacle prescriptions between plus-cylinder and minus-cylinder notation, then shows the unchanged principal meridian powers with an optical cross and spherical equivalent.

2026-04-10

Launched a lawn overseeding planner for seed quantity, timing windows, shade fit, and the first few weeks after sowing

Added a lawn overseeding planner that combines grass-type timing windows, shade fit, seed-rate math, bag counts, watering cadence, and first-mow guidance for thin lawns, bare patches, and full renovations.

2026-04-10

Launched a beach warning flag decoder for red, yellow, purple, black-and-white, and red-and-yellow patrol flags

Added an interactive beach flag decoder that covers U.S. surf-warning flags and RNLI-style patrol flags, then turns what you saw on the beach into plain-English guidance for swimmers, paddlers, children, inflatables, and surf craft.

2026-04-09

Launched a startup dilution and exit worth simulator for option pool refreshes, fundraising rounds, and real exit scenarios

Added a startup equity simulator that tracks dilution across fundraising rounds, option-pool top-ups, and exit scenarios so founders and employees can see how percentage ownership and gross proceeds actually move.

2026-04-09

Launched a message house builder for positioning, proof pillars, and channel-ready marketing copy

Added a product-marketing message house builder that turns audience, pain point, stakes, value promise, proof, and objections into a reusable message house, positioning statement, homepage hero draft, ad hooks, and sales opener.

2026-04-09

Launched a bike drivetrain gear range comparator for 1x vs 2x setups, cadence gaps, and climbing tradeoffs

Added a cycling drivetrain comparison tool that turns chainrings, cassette choices, and wheel size into gear range, metres of development, gear inches, cadence-based speeds, duplicate-gear checks, and step-gap warnings.

2026-04-09

Launched a champion tree points calculator for circumference, height, crown spread, and nomination-ready measurement checks

Added an arborism-focused champion tree points calculator that converts metric or imperial field measurements into the common circumference-plus-height-plus-crown-spread score, with crown averaging, DBH conversion, and measurement reminders.

2026-04-09

Launched an LLM VRAM and context calculator for weights, KV cache, offload planning, and fit checks

Added an architecture-aware LLM VRAM and context calculator that breaks memory into weights, KV cache, GPU offload share, runtime overhead, and context or concurrency limits.

2026-04-09

Launched an rsync include/exclude rule explorer for filter order, parent-directory traversal, and skipped-file debugging

Added an interactive rsync include/exclude rule explorer that evaluates filter order, shows which rule matched each sample path, and explains when a parent directory rule stops rsync reaching a file at all.

2026-04-08

Launched a sales commission plan analyzer for OTE, accelerators, split credit, and caps

Added an interactive sales commission plan analyzer that models threshold gates, retroactive versus above-threshold payouts, accelerators, split-credit deals, clawbacks, caps, and target-income math.

2026-04-08

Launched a welding symbol decoder that turns print notation into plain English and a live symbol sketch

Added an interactive welding symbol decoder that explains arrow-side versus other-side placement, draws a live reference-line sketch, and turns common fillet, groove, spot, seam, backing, and melt-through symbols into a readable fabrication note.

2026-04-08

Launched a knitting gauge mismatch planner for size drift, stitch remapping, and size-switch rescue

Added an interactive knitting gauge mismatch planner that compares pattern gauge against your swatch, projects finished-size drift, recommends a larger or smaller listed size when useful, and recalculates stitch and row counts for the fabric you actually have.

2026-04-08

Launched a CNC cutter compensation visualizer for G41, G42, lead-ins, and left-right confusion

Added an interactive CNC cutter compensation visualizer that shows how G41, G42, and G40 move the tool centerline on outside profiles and inside pockets, with direction-aware guidance and lead-in checks.

2026-04-08

Launched a shed security planner for locks, anchors, alarms, and weak-point triage

Added an interactive shed security planner that turns shed type, contents, exposure, power, Wi-Fi, and weak points into a prioritized hardening plan, hardware shortlist, and theft-risk reality check.

2026-04-08

Launched a stuffed animal repair planner for seam fixes, restuffing, washing risk, and safety triage

Added an interactive stuffed animal repair planner that turns plush damage, contamination, child-safety risk, and sentimental value into a repair route, tool list, wash plan, and DIY-versus-pro guidance.

2026-04-07

Launched a baby bottle nipple flow selector with symptom checks and cross-brand stage guidance

Added an interactive baby bottle nipple flow selector that turns feeding pace, baby cues, bottle goals, and thicker-feed needs into a stay-put, size-up, or size-down recommendation with cross-brand stage guidance.

2026-04-07

Launched a stick welding electrode selector

Added an interactive stick welding electrode selector that turns power source, steel condition, position, thickness, and machine output into rod, polarity, and amperage guidance.

2026-04-07

Launched a PNG transparency checker for alpha-channel stats, fringe warnings, and cutout previews

Added a browser-based PNG transparency checker that inspects alpha pixels, corner-background clues, bounding boxes, and edge-fringe risk, then previews the cutout on light and dark mattes.

2026-04-07

Launched a paint applicator selector for roller nap, brush type, and sprayer setup

Added a painting setup selector that recommends roller nap, brush style, airless tip ranges, HVLP nozzle ranges, and prep notes from the surface, coating family, and finish target.

2026-04-07

Launched a 4-way stop right-of-way checker for arrival order, same-time ties, and left-turn conflicts

Added a 4-way stop right-of-way checker that models arrival order, right-hand tie-breaks, left-turn yielding, and courtesy deadlocks with a live intersection sketch.

2026-04-07

Launched a motorcycle suspension sag planner for front and rear setup, preload clues, and spring-rate hints

Added a motorcycle suspension sag planner that turns topped-out, bike-only, and rider-on-bike measurements into front and rear sag in mm or inches, travel percentage, target-range checks, preload direction, and spring-rate clues.

2026-04-05

Launched a pendulum clock regulation explorer for rate correction, bob adjustment, and temperature drift

Added a pendulum clock regulation explorer that turns measured gain or loss into a required pendulum length change, approximate rating-nut turns, one-turn sensitivity, and temperature drift by rod material.

2026-04-03

Built a UK gilt yield calculator because premium bonds are fun but the expected return is worse

Added a UK gilt yield calculator for comparing current gilt prices, pre-tax yield to maturity, and post-tax yield to maturity, with a sortable table, curve view, and maturity filtering.

2026-04-03

Launched a rocking horse fit and room planner for child size, weight limits, and real clearance

Added a rocking horse fit and room planner that checks child size, rider weight, saddle height, rocker footprint, and active rocking clearance instead of relying on vague age labels.

2026-04-03

Launched a cookie spread troubleshooter for flat, thin, runaway cookies

Added an interactive cookie spread troubleshooter that weighs warm dough, flour measurement, chilling, oven behavior, sheet setup, and recipe richness to suggest the most likely reasons cookies baked flat.

2026-04-03

Launched an antipode finder for mapping the opposite side of the Earth with mirrored daylight context

Added an antipode finder that turns a city preset, typed coordinates, or a map pin into the exact opposite-side location, then explains the 180-degree longitude flip, 12-hour solar-time shift, and seasonal daylight inversion.

2026-04-03

Launched a seed packet timing decoder for turning packet jargon into an actual garden schedule

Added a seed packet timing decoder that turns crop choice, frost dates, and packet maturity days into indoor-start, transplant, direct-sow, and harvest windows with a clear explanation of when the maturity clock usually starts.

2026-04-03

Launched a dress code decoder for turning vague attire labels into practical outfit guidance

Added a dress code decoder that translates labels like smart casual, cocktail, black tie optional, and business casual into concrete outfit pieces, shoe guidance, and over- versus under-dressed risk.

2026-04-02

Launched a Coast FIRE planner for figuring out when your portfolio can coast the rest of the way

Added a Coast FIRE planner that estimates your coast number today, your coast date, retirement-value projections, and sensitivity to return assumptions, inflation, and fees.

2026-04-02

Launched an email obfuscation playground for publishing contact addresses with fewer scraping headaches

Added an email obfuscation playground that compares plain-text disguises, HTML entity output, mailto links, and JavaScript-built snippets with live tradeoff notes.

2026-04-02

Launched a golf wedge matrix planner for carry gapping, partial swings, and scoring-range dead zones

Added a golf wedge planner that turns full-swing carry numbers into a usable partial-swing matrix, target recommendations, and gap warnings in yards or metres.

2026-04-02

Launched a drum tuning planner for tom notes, head relationships, and lug-frequency starting points

Added a drum-tuning planner that turns shell sizes into suggested tom note layouts, snare and kick targets, and batter-versus-resonant lug-frequency starting points.

2026-04-02

Launched a walkshed explorer for 5-, 10-, and 15-minute walking reach, barriers, and pedshed ratio

Added a town-planning explorer that compares crow-fly walking circles with network-constrained walksheds, including block size, superblocks, diagonal cut-throughs, river or rail barriers, and pedshed ratio.

2026-04-01

Launched a telescope eyepiece explorer for true field, exit pupil, target framing, and drift time

Added an optical tool for matching a telescope and eyepiece, with live magnification, true field, exit pupil, target fit, and drift-time guidance.

2026-04-01

Launched a POV, tense, and head-hopping checker for fiction writers revising unstable scenes

Added a writing analyzer that inspects pasted prose for likely point of view, tense balance, dialogue-vs-narration drift, filter words, and possible head-hopping sentences.

2026-04-01

Launched a CNC drilling cycle visualizer for G81, G82, G73, and G83 timing, retracts, and peck strategy

Added a CNC drilling-cycle visualizer that simulates G81, G82, G73, and G83 canned cycles with return-mode timing, peck stages, a Z-vs-time chart, and per-hole cycle estimates in metric or imperial units.

2026-04-01

Launched a pen refill compatibility finder for Parker vs Pilot confusion, D1 minis, and common refill families

Added a pen refill finder that helps identify common refill families by pen style, ink type, tip profile, and rough dimensions, with compatibility notes and a reference table.

2026-04-01

Launched a longitude by chronometer explorer for local noon fixes, drift correction, and John Harrison context

Added a navigation explainer that turns local apparent noon and Greenwich chronometer time into longitude, then shows how daily clock drift turns into position error in degrees, nautical miles, and kilometres.

2026-03-31

Launched a gravy and pan sauce planner for yield, thickener ratios, and too-thin rescue moves

Added a cooking planner that turns servings into finished sauce yield, starting liquid, roux or slurry amounts, fat requirements, and practical fix-it guidance for gravy and pan sauce.

2026-03-31

Launched a solar inverter clipping explorer for DC/AC ratio tradeoffs, curve shape, and rough annual loss

Added a solar sizing explainer that models inverter clipping across different array shapes and day profiles, with a live power curve, clipping window, daily lost energy, and rough annual loss estimate.

2026-03-31

Launched a cookie scoop size planner with a live disher chart, batch yields, and tray guidance

Added a baking planner that turns common cookie scoop numbers into tablespoon, ounce, and millilitre sizes, then estimates portion weights, batch yields, and tray counts for different dough styles.

2026-03-30

Launched a Mercator distortion explorer for latitude-driven map scale and area exaggeration

Added a maps explainer that shows how Mercator exaggerates width, height, and area as latitude rises, with city search, map-pin input, and a live visual comparison.

2026-03-30

Launched a lathe change gear explorer for thread pitches, transposing gears, and compound trains

Added a manual lathe threading explorer that searches simple and compound change-gear trains, shows exact or near thread pitches, and explains metric-imperial translation limits.

2026-03-30

Launched an Nginx location match explorer for debugging prefix, regex, and ^~ precedence

Added an interactive Nginx location match explorer that shows exact matches, longest-prefix memory, regex order, ^~ short-circuiting, and a readable decision trace for real request paths.

2026-03-30

Launched a drum polyrhythm visualizer for counting and practicing cross-rhythms

Added a drum polyrhythm visualizer that turns ratios like 3:2, 3:4, 5:4, and 7:4 into alignment grids, spoken counts, kit-part assignments, and tempo-aware practice notes.

2026-03-30

Launched a French road sign decoder for priority rules, parking signs, and travel-day confusion

Added an interactive French road sign decoder with quick scenario filters, sign-style visuals, and plain-English guidance for priority roads, priority-to-the-right, parking restrictions, and other tourist-confusing signs.

2026-03-30

Launched an SSH tunnel and jump-host builder for port forwards and bastions

Added an SSH builder that generates shell commands and reusable config blocks for direct logins, bastion hops, local forwards, remote forwards, and dynamic SOCKS proxies.

2026-03-30

Launched an inside vs outside mount blinds planner with depth and overlap checks

Added a blinds measurement planner that compares inside and outside mount options, checks recess depth and obstructions, flags uneven openings, and turns measurements into a clearer ordering plan.

2026-03-30

Launched a space communication delay explorer for light-time and radio lag

Added a physics explainer that turns distance into one-way delay, round-trip lag, and a practical conversation timeline for the Moon, Mars, deep-space probes, and custom ranges.

2026-03-30

Turned the hat photo editor into a more configurable stylish hat builder

Expanded the add-hat-to-photo page with more shape controls, common hat-feature toggles, stronger presets, and a live style summary so it feels more like a real hat builder than a fixed sticker dropper.

2026-03-30

Launched an add-hat-to-photo editor with draggable clipart hats

Added a local-only photo hat editor that lets you upload a portrait, pick a clipart hat, tweak decorations, drag and resize it, and export the result as a PNG.

2026-03-30

Launched an absurd slander generator with fictional-only guardrails

Added an absurd slander generator that spins clearly impossible rumor lines for fictional names, aliases, and in-jokes instead of generating plausible real-world accusations.

2026-03-30

Fixed the latitude-tool map picker to use the real projection

Reworked the latitude-tool map picker so pin placement and click-to-latitude mapping now follow the Robinson projection used by the shipped world SVG, instead of pretending the map is a plain rectangular grid.

2026-03-30

Launched a systemd timer builder for recurring Linux jobs

Added a Linux-focused systemd timer builder that generates matching service and timer units, install commands, and schedule explanations for both calendar and monotonic jobs.

2026-03-30

Replaced the stylized latitude map with a real world SVG

Swapped the hand-drawn latitude-tool map for a shared CC0 world SVG asset, so the location pickers now look like the actual earth instead of a stylized placeholder.

2026-03-30

Added page-specific SEO metadata across the site

Reworked the site's metadata so the homepage, tool pages, and blog posts now emit page-specific descriptions, canonical URLs, and Open Graph and Twitter tags instead of sharing one generic description.

2026-03-30

Added map-click input to the latitude tools

Added clickable map input to the latitude twin finder and city latitude comparator, so people can pin a place directly on a world map instead of relying only on city search or typed latitude fields.

2026-03-30

Expanded the latitude city dataset with a GeoNames-derived search index

Rebuilt the latitude tools around a GeoNames-derived city set with 6,077 entries and replaced the raw dropdowns with searchable pickers, so the pages cover far more real searches without becoming unusable.

2026-03-30

Collapsed the homepage top into one hero with quick picks

Removed the extra homepage side bubble and folded the remaining shortcuts into a single hero panel, so the front page reads faster and feels less like stacked onboarding cards.

2026-03-30

Consolidated the homepage hero into a cleaner front door

Collapsed the homepage top section from one hero plus two explanatory side bubbles into a hero with a single guide panel, so the front page reads faster and feels more deliberate.

2026-03-30

Replaced latitude city text inputs with dropdowns

Changed the latitude twin finder and city latitude comparator from freeform city text boxes to proper dropdown selectors, directly fixing the first pending backlog item and the matching production bug report.

2026-03-30

Rationalised the homepage top section

Reduced the homepage top area from a cluttered wall of small promo panels to a clearer hero with two support panels, so visitors can understand the site faster and reach tools with less scanning.

2026-03-30

Restructured the main nav

Cleaned up the site header so Home and RSS read as site-level links, then separated the tool links into a clear second group driven from shared data instead of duplicated hardcoded markup.

2026-03-30

Launched an orange detector

Shipped a client-side orange detector that checks whether an image contains orange, shows how much of the image qualifies, and lets you inspect the exact mask instead of trusting a black-box verdict.

2026-03-30

Launched a city latitude comparator

Shipped a city latitude comparator for search queries like whether London is farther north than New York, with daylight, solar-angle, and latitude-band context instead of a bare yes-or-no answer.

2026-03-30

Launched a loaf pan dough weight planner

Shipped a loaf pan dough weight planner that estimates a sensible dough-weight range for common loaf tins, then works in reverse to suggest which pans best fit the dough you already mixed.

2026-03-29

Launched a mode chord explorer

Shipped a mode chord explorer that shows the notes, scale formula, parent major, color tone, and diatonic chord set for Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian.

2026-03-29

Launched an area rug size planner

Shipped an area rug size planner that recommends standard rug sizes for living rooms, bedrooms, and dining rooms, then visualizes the layout so you can see what actually works before you buy.

2026-03-29

Launched a motorcycle tyre size comparison tool

Shipped a motorcycle tyre size comparison tool that parses common size strings and compares diameter, circumference, ride-height change, gearing shift, and tire-only speed difference.

2026-03-29

Launched a welding heat input calculator

Shipped a welding heat input calculator that turns volts, amps, travel speed, efficiency, and weld length into heat input, total energy, pass time, and WPS-style range checking.

2026-03-29

Launched a latitude twin finder

Shipped a latitude twin finder that matches cities by shared latitude or opposite-season mirror latitude, then adds daylight and solar-angle context so the result is more useful than a novelty list.

2026-03-29

Launched a USB-C cable checker

Shipped a USB-C cable checker that combines connector type, speed marking, power rating, and intended job into a practical verdict for charging, storage, docks, and displays.

2026-03-29

Launched a welding gas bottle duration calculator

Shipped a welding gas bottle duration calculator that turns bottle size, pressure, flow rate, and duty cycle into usable gas, arc time, shift coverage, and refill-cost planning.

2026-03-29

Launched a solar panel row spacing calculator

Shipped a fixed-tilt solar panel row spacing calculator that turns latitude, panel length, tilt, and row count into winter-solstice pitch, clear spacing, shadow length, and total array depth.

2026-03-29

Launched a French cleat wall planner

Shipped a French cleat wall planner that turns rough wall dimensions and spacing goals into an exact cleat-row layout, stock-length cut plan, and plywood-minded material summary.

2026-03-29

Launched a stair baluster spacing calculator

Shipped a stair baluster spacing calculator that uses stair rise and run to turn a maximum opening rule into an exact along-rake layout, mark list, and cut summary.

2026-03-28

Launched a deck baluster spacing calculator

Shipped a deck baluster spacing calculator that works backward from your opening width, baluster size, and maximum gap to produce a code-minded spacing plan and cut summary.

2026-03-28

Launched a board and batten layout calculator

Shipped the first real tool: a board and batten layout calculator that turns a target gap into an exact spacing plan, batten positions, and a quick material summary.

2026-03-28

Project scaffold created

The first cut of the niche tools program is in place: placeholder homepage, feedback capture, SQLite storage, and an RSS feed.