AMPHIBIA // PORTFOLIO // MMXXVI
We build software the way plethodontids breathe — through surfaces rather than systems. Every line of code is a membrane, every interface a site of exchange. No heavy apparatus. No bloated engines. Just clean, permeable architecture that lets ideas pass through.
The lungless salamander lost its lungs 70 million years ago and thrived. Sometimes the most radical act of engineering is removal. We strip projects to their essential surfaces and let them breathe through what remains.
Our work spans web platforms, data visualization, and biological computing interfaces — always with the same principle: reduce the machinery, increase the surface area. Let oxygen find its own path.
Plethodontidae sp.
3D mesh reconstruction — dorsal view
A reactive data-binding framework that operates through surface-level observation. No virtual DOM, no diffing engine — just permeable interfaces watching for change.
EXAMINE →CLI tooling for API surface analysis. Maps every exposed endpoint, parameter, and response type — a complete dermatological survey of your application's skin.
EXAMINE →A static site generator that breathes through templates. Markdown in, HTML out — no runtime, no build steps heavier than a salamander's sigh.
EXAMINE →Real-time collaboration protocol based on conflict-free replicated data types. Changes propagate like gas exchange — no central authority, just gradients.
EXAMINE →A monitoring dashboard for distributed systems. Visualizes service health as biological cross-sections — healthy tissue green, failing systems amber.
EXAMINE →Knowledge base software designed for gradual absorption. Content surfaces based on proximity and relevance, not search — learning through exposure.
EXAMINE →Currently reading: "The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians" — Wells, 2007. The chapter on cutaneous respiration is extraordinary.
Exploring Rust for the next iteration of Membrane. The ownership model maps beautifully onto gas-exchange metaphors — resources flowing through scopes like O₂ through capillaries.
Write up findings on WebTransport as a diffusion protocol. The analogy to partial-pressure gradients is too good not to publish.
The Hunterian Museum reopened last year. Must visit. Must see the specimens. Must bring a sketchbook and pretend it's 1842.
Haeckel's "Kunstformen der Natur" — Plate 68, Amphibia. The lithographic detail on the skin texture is better than any 3D render we could produce.
lungless.dev is the personal workspace of a developer fascinated by biological systems and their computational analogues. All specimens herein are open-source and available for examination.
Built with no frameworks, no build tools, no lungs. Just surfaces.
Correspondence: hello@lungless.dev
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