MARBELLA · 36.51°N 4.88°W LOCAL — EMPOWEREDTINKERER

Dan
Waldie.

Curiosity-driven software and explainers for people who like zooming in.

FIG. 001 CURSOR FIELD · N=128

drift 0.42 · noise 1.3 ● LIVE

§ 01 — PROJECTS

Apps I built because I needed them.

03 current
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An iOS reading companion for language learners. Load any DRM-free ePub in your target language, tap words for instant translations, hear pronunciations — all in the flow of reading.

● Launching Swift · SwiftUI 2026 —

A modern, AI-powered email client for iOS. Uses your preferences and instructions to handle incoming email intelligently — only notifies you about what matters, reminds you about what you've forgotten, and makes email genuinely enjoyable.

● Active Swift · SwiftUI 2025 —

Guides, tools, and help for English-speaking expats navigating the Spanish tax system. Built because the system is full of gotchas and English resources barely exist.

● Maintained TypeScript · Next.js 2025 —

§ 02 — EXPLORATIONS

Interactive explorations of behavior, motion, and systems.

Physics · systems · interfaces
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Resonance Table

Interactive · Physics

A touch-responsive membrane simulation for exploring standing waves, interference, damping, and nodal lines.

WAVES · NODES · RESONANCE

§ 03 — ESSAYS

Essays that follow an idea all the way down.

Questions worth zooming in on
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The Killer App for AI May Not Be an App

AI is useful, but its consumer breakthrough still feels elusive because ordinary life is not made of software workflows.

§ 04 — PAST WORK

What came before this.

Before this site
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№ 001 · 2023–2024 ENDED

AI Voicemail Assistant

A POC for a personal AI receptionist that picks up when you can't. Worked technically. Blocked by an iOS platform restriction.

№ 002 · 2023–2024 ENDED

Food Truck Order System

A technical proof-of-concept for an AI voice ordering system for food trucks. Built, tested, and abandoned when the underlying voice tech wasn't good enough.