botslate
Welcome to Botslate
A short introduction to this space for independent software projects, experiments, and technical notes.
Independent software lab
Ideas, tools, and experiments.
A small independent space for software experiments, useful tools, and technical notes.
botslate / index
Explore
Working ideas
Small experiments shaped by building and learning.
Make
Useful tools
Focused software for practical, well-defined needs.
Record
Technical notes
Implementation details and lessons worth keeping.
What lives here
A place to make, test,
and write things down.
Botslate stays intentionally small: real work, useful artifacts, and notes from the process.
Experiments
Small ideas explored through working software. Each experiment is a way to test an approach, learn from it, and decide what is worth carrying forward.
idea → prototype → learn → iterate Tools
Focused utilities built to solve practical problems without pretending to be more than they are.
Web
Modern static and interactive web projects, built with a preference for simple architecture and durable choices.
Notes
Technical notes, implementation details, and lessons learned—kept close to the work that produced them.
Latest notes
From the workbench
astro
Why this site is static
How a static Astro build keeps Botslate simple to publish, fast to load, and easy to maintain.
Recent change
Initial Launch
Updated September 13, 2026.
Built in public, one iteration at a time.
Small experiments, useful tools, and notes from the process.