Independent Software Studio

Engineering
digital
boundaries.

Zero bloat. Vanilla JS. Native architectures. We build tools that respect your attention and ship without ceremony.

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3 live products · 25k+ users across Chrome & web
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FreezeTube
Chrome Extension · 25,000+ users
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Hafiz
Web App · AI memorization
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NCSS Gateway
Full-stack · Peer review
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25,000+ Chrome users
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Zero data collection
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Fully client-side
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Open source
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Vanilla JS, no frameworks

Three tools.
Zero bloat.

Each project solves one problem precisely. Nothing more, nothing less.

Chrome Extension
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FreezeTube

Surgically removes YouTube's recommendation engine and infinite scroll without touching playback. No remote config, no data leaving your machine — pure DOM surgery on install. The homepage feed stops refreshing until you decide it should.

25k+
Active users on the Chrome Web Store
Chrome Web Store
Web App · AI
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Hafiz

Memorization tooling built on linguistic NLP and acoustic parsing loops. Feed it text; it builds an adaptive retrieval schedule calibrated to your phonetic and semantic error patterns. Designed for dense verbal corpora.

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Full-Stack Platform
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NCSS Gateway

A structured peer-review platform for advanced academic essays. Organises submission pipelines, reviewer assignment, and feedback loops in one auditable interface — built for programmes from high school through postgrad.

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Blind review pipeline Configurable anonymisation at the submission and reviewer assignment layers.
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Deadline enforcement Hard-gate submission windows with per-cohort overrides and full audit logging.
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Structured rubrics Criterion-level scoring grids with comment threading, exportable as CSV or PDF.
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Cohort analytics Aggregate performance dashboards with per-criterion breakdowns for instructors.

Opinions,
not defaults.

Three principles that govern every line we ship. Non-negotiable across every project.

Principle 01

Ship the smallest thing that works

Every feature is a liability until proven otherwise. We start from constraints, not capabilities — then remove anything the user doesn't reach for. A 12 KB extension beats a 2 MB one every time.

Principle 02

Own the full stack, or own nothing

Shallow abstractions create invisible failure modes. We write to the platform where we can, keep third-party surface area explicit and narrow, and don't depend on anything we can't read in an afternoon.

Principle 03

Defaults should be honest

Software that auto-opts users into tracking or engagement loops isn't neutral — it's a choice. We treat privacy as a load-bearing requirement, not a settings toggle added at the end.

Start with FreezeTube.
It's free.

Join 25,000+ people who chose to use YouTube on their own terms. No account, no sign-up — install in 30 seconds.

Add to Chrome — It's Free

No account. No sign-up. No data collected. Ever.