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identity: Daniel, one-person studio
type `help` below and press enter

The Atelier

A small room behind the door. You found it by clicking the logo more times than is reasonable, which means we should probably say hello.

I'm Daniel. AJA Digital is mostly me, writing software for the things I keep coming back to: games, learning, wellness, and small daily tools. A good handful of apps are out there now, with more on the way. Nothing here is trying to be a unicorn — these are small, useful objects, made carefully.

about this site

AJA OS was retired in October 2026. The site is calmer now: one column, two themes, no phone. Pick one:

three typefaces i love this month

  • Space Grotesk: the old headlines. Geometric, but a little wonky in all the right places.
  • JetBrains Mono: code you actually want to read.
  • Inter: the quiet workhorse doing everything in between.

RIP Fraunces, you served well.

what i'm reading

The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker. A whole novel about an escalator ride, with footnotes about shoelaces. Recommended.

try the konami code

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A anywhere on the site. Or just type rain at the prompt below.

help

  • help — list these commands
  • themes — list the themes
  • theme <name> — switch theme, e.g. theme dark
  • apps — list every app, linked
  • konami — a hint
  • rain — trigger the letter rain right here
  • whoami — ask the terminal
  • exit — back to the surface

← back to the surface

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