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Hi, I’m Yearcakes.年糕
Software, side projects, and ideas that wouldn’t leave me alone.
A collection of things I’m building, and the stories behind them.
Illustrative conceptA little more personality for your desktop. A concept for a companion that feels right at home.
Illustrative conceptA quieter space for everyday focus. Exploring simple tools and a more considered digital workspace.
The collection
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An exploration of characterful conversations, with a thoughtful interface and room for a little delight.
A quieter space for everyday focus. Exploring simple tools and a more considered digital workspace.
Making a growing image collection feel manageable. A concept for a small, focused tagging workflow.
A little more personality for your desktop. A concept for a companion that feels right at home.
An exploration of characterful conversations, with a thoughtful interface and room for a little delight.
Sample project entry. Descriptions, type, status, and milestones are illustrative. Dates and links await verification.
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No verified screenshots supplied yet.Sample concept — AronaChat is presented here as an exploration of a character-inspired conversation interface. The description is a draft rather than a claim about the real project's features. Add verified context, repository information, and implementation details before publication.
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Proposed direction — give messages a clear visual rhythm while keeping character details secondary.
Proposed direction — communicate waiting, failure, and empty states with plain language.
A quieter space for everyday focus. Exploring simple tools and a more considered digital workspace.
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Sample concept — Minamo explores what a calmer digital workspace could feel like. Its illustrative direction puts a single task at the center and gives everything else room to breathe. The project scope, license, and implementation are placeholders pending confirmation.
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Proposed direction — reveal secondary controls when they are useful and keep the primary task clear.
Proposed direction — use gentle transitions to connect states, with a reduced motion alternative.
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The concept starts with a question: how little interface does a focused workspace need? A single task, clear feedback, and a quiet surface would be the starting point for exploration.
Making a growing image collection feel manageable. A concept for a small, focused tagging workflow.
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No verified screenshots supplied yet.Sample concept — Mochi Tagger imagines a focused workflow for organizing images with tags. The Archived status demonstrates the site's lifecycle display and does not assert the real project's status. Features, history, and distribution details must be replaced with verified information.
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Proposed direction — make metadata easy to edit without losing the visual context of an image.
Proposed direction — support a predictable tagging rhythm and clearly expose each change.
A little more personality for your desktop. A concept for a companion that feels right at home.
Sample project entry. Descriptions, type, status, and milestones are illustrative. Dates and links await verification.
Sample concept — MochiMirror imagines a small, expressive desktop companion. The proposed experience balances a playful presence with the quietness of a useful everyday tool. This description is illustrative; capabilities and availability still need confirmation.
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Proposed direction — keep the companion lightweight and let people decide when it participates.
Proposed direction — use soft shapes and restrained controls so personality can take the foreground.