Welcome, Wanderer.
MazeNet didn’t start with a business plan. It wasn’t designed to scale or monetize. It began, like many honest things do, from frustration and from a quiet belief that software could be better. I was tired of the way most tools were built: optimized for engagement, not usefulness; bloated with features; obsessed with data collection and monetization. Somewhere along the way, the internet lost its simplicity. I wanted to find it again.
So I started making things. Small things, at first: single-purpose tools, quiet websites, experiments that didn’t try to impress anyone. Over time, those projects became a kind of ecosystem: a space where I could build freely, share openly, and create without compromise. That ecosystem is now MazeNet, a one-person open source studio focused on tools that are useful, respectful, and free.
Every project I build shares the same principles. They respect your privacy by default. They’re open source, because transparency matters. They’re simple, not in the trendy, aesthetic sense, but in their purpose and design. And they’re free, because access should never be a barrier to good software. I don’t track you, I don’t run ads, and I don’t try to keep your attention longer than necessary. My goal is not to capture you, it’s to support you, then get out of your way.
MazeNet is personal to me. It carries my name, but also my values: simplicity, clarity, curiosity, and a deep respect for people over profits. It is a quiet rejection of the way software is typically made and a small step toward something better. It is not a company, not a startup, and not a product. It is a studio, in the old sense of the word: a place for making things with care.
Though I build alone, I don’t work in isolation. MazeNet is open to collaboration, open to feedback, and open to anyone who believes in the same kind of internet I do: an internet that serves rather than exploits, invites rather than manipulates, and inspires rather than exhausts.
Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad you’re here.