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How we build, in the open.

Engineering and design notes from the studio. System design and the stack we reach for, how we wire AI agents into a build, the performance and accessibility work, and the design decisions behind the interface. Specifics over slogans, written by the team that ships it.

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We put a 5MB embedding model in the browser

On-device semantic search: type a question, get back meaning-ranked results in milliseconds. No server involved.

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Who builds GattyWorks

How is that even possible with that few people? Here is who is actually behind GattyWorks, and what they built before.

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Indian builds, personal data, and AI: the problem we are taking on

AI features widen how much personal data an Indian build touches. The DPDP Act just made that legally risky.

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We ran an eval on our own search. Full post bodies barely moved the score.

We built an eval harness for our own search and ran it. The number that mattered most was smaller than we expected.

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Adding search to /tools, /blog, and /news without a backend

Fuzzy search across every tool, post, and story, running entirely in the browser with zero backend.

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selfhost.directory: 2,500+ self-hosted alternatives, one search box

Self-hosted alternatives to the SaaS tools you are renting, organized by category, license, and version.

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FckSignups: 174 open-source tools, zero signups

174 open-source, no-signup tools in one directory, built by one person for free. Here is why we back it.

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Anytype got too restrictive. We are looking again.

We moved to Anytype for local-first notes and said so. The rigid object model boxed us in, so we went looking again.

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CC Switch: one window for every AI CLI's config

One window for every AI CLI's config, instead of editing dotfiles by hand. We recommend it, with one honest catch.

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Notion's block limit is a wall. Anytype is how we get past it.

Add a second person to a free Notion workspace and you hit a 1,000 block wall that deleting cannot undo. Here is our fix.

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Instant Domain Search: every tool in one screen, no lock-in

The domain tool we keep open on every scope call. Live availability as you type, no forced checkout, no upsell maze.

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What is next: tools, SEO, and spinouts

Our plan for gattyworks.com: ship small useful tools, make them findable, and spin out the ones that get real traction.

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Why our brand kit lives on the website

Brand assets go missing exactly when you need them. So ours live on a public page, not a locked folder, one click away.

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Cookbooks, playbooks, and the tools we ship.

We publish the notes we use internally. Email is the only channel. No tracking pixel, no list rental. One note when something new is live.

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