# Projects A working portfolio of apps, tools, infrastructure, podcasts, and experiments across AI, personal systems, and technology culture. Canonical: https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects JSON: https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects.json ## Project index - [CTRL for Android](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/ctrl-android) (building) - A native Android alpha that prepares drafts, explanations and short exercises, with corrections, saved outputs, on-device Gemma and optional Venice cloud access. Tags: android, local-ai, tech-back-control. - [Fieldwork (ML Studio)](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/fieldwork-ml-studio) (active) - A guided browser studio for tabular machine learning, with four learning labs, model comparison, an experiment notebook and optional device saves. Launch: https://ml-studio.jonathantipper.com/. Tags: machine-learning, learning, browser. - [Pendant for Mac](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/pendant) (active) - An independent recording workspace for an owned Limitless Pendant, with local transcription, search, playback and export in a Mac app or local browser dashboard. Tags: local-ai, audio, macos. - [Personal Eval Studio](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/personal-eval-studio) (building) - A local studio for authoring versioned prompt pairs and test cases, alongside deterministic example runs and baseline evidence review. Tags: ai, evaluation, local-tools. - [Spinning Plates](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/spinning-plates) (active) - A browser experiment that turns commitments into spinning plates, with local worlds, notes, history and reversible pause, hand-off and release controls. Launch: https://spinning-plates.jonathantipper.com/. Tags: personal-systems, planning, experiment. - [The Construct: Awakening](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/matrix-awakening) (active) - An unofficial Matrix homage built with Three.js, combining an explorable corridor, Reality and Code vision, telekinesis and authored agent dialogue. Launch: https://matrix-awakening.jonathantipper.com/. Tags: threejs, game, experiment. - [Tech Back Control App](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/tech-back-control) (active) - Tech Back Control is where AI, sovereignty, tooling, and practical digital self-determination come together. Launch: https://www.techbackctrl.app/. Tags: ai, podcast, sovereignty, products. - [Home lab and infrastructure](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/home-lab) (active) - A home lab running Unraid, Docker, VMs, home automation, media, agents, and self-hosted tools I use day to day. Tags: infrastructure, home-lab, automation, web3. - [TechBackCTRL Operating System](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/tech-back-control-os) (active) - The OS layer at techbackctrl.app/os, bringing together profile state, launch surfaces, and the broader TechBackCTRL experience. Launch: https://www.techbackctrl.app/os. Tags: tech-back-control, os, ai, launcher. - [UniFi Network Setup](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/unifi-network-setup) (active) - A home networking project using UniFi to run, monitor, and understand the connected systems around the house. Tags: home-lab, networking, unifi, infrastructure. - [TechBackCTRL AI Playground](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/tech-back-control-playground) (active) - Learn through five experiments on language, prompts, images, semantic retrieval and agent permissions, with a field guide, local notebook and live tools in the open studio. Launch: https://playground.techbackctrl.app/. Tags: ai, learning, playground, tech-back-control. - [AI Spend Calculator](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/ai-spend-calculator) (building) - A product experiment for tracking AI tool spend across services, categories, and time. Tags: ai, dashboard, finance, tools. - [TechBackCTRL CLI Emulator](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/tech-back-control-terminal) (active) - An operator-terminal surface for navigating mission files, local progress, commands, and the TechBackCTRL world through a familiar CLI metaphor. Launch: https://www.techbackctrl.app/cli. Tags: tech-back-control, terminal, cli, os. - [Learn Chinese Agent](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/learn-chinese-app) (building) - A language-learning agent experiment for Chinese practice, review, progress, and memory-assisted coaching. Launch: https://learn-chinese.jonathantipper.com/. Tags: language-learning, chinese, mandarin, ai, coach. - [Purchase Assistant](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/purchase-assistant) (building) - A decision workspace for comparing considered purchases, testing assumptions and keeping track of costs and outcomes. Guest mode works without an account; cloud storage and AI features are optional. Launch: https://buyornot.jonathantipper.com/. Tags: personal-tools, finance, calculator, dashboard. - [Todoist Agent](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/todoist-agent) (active) - A private task surface used for day-to-day capture and review, presented here as a project overview. Tags: tasks, agent, productivity, ai. - [Personal site and launchpad](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/launchpad) (building) - jonathantipper.com brings together public context, active projects, and practical launch links in one maintainable place. Launch: https://www.jonathantipper.com/launchpad. Tags: website, nextjs, mdx. - [Techcycle Runner](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/techcycle-runner) (building) - A game project that turns a 25-year technology timeline into a side-scrolling runner with eras, hazards, demand surges, and collectible tech themes. Launch: https://jans-25-year-anniversary-tech-timel.vercel.app/. Tags: game, technology-history, interactive, timeline. - [Sweep Inspector](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/sweep-inspector) (building) - A Rust-based local-first utility for understanding clutter in folders such as Downloads or Desktop without moving, renaming, copying, or deleting anything. Tags: local-first, files, productivity, privacy. - [OpenClaw Agents](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/openclaw-agents) (active) - An eight-agent mission-control system for researching and semi-autonomously building apps through a structured SDLC workflow on self-hosted infrastructure. Tags: agents, self-hosted, automation, sdlc. - [LLM-Wiki for Personal Agent](https://www.jonathantipper.com/projects/llm-wiki-hermes-agent) (building) - A personal-agent memory system that turns daily conversations into a living context graph, helping agents build a more useful knowledge model over time. Tags: agents, memory, knowledge-graph, personal-infrastructure.