Hello, I'm Anshu - a `tinkerer` who loves to design + build things that are simple to use.

I work across design, data, and infrastructure - blending `prototyping`, `data visualization`, and `engineering` - helping people turn unclear problems into something tangible and visual.

💡 Got an idea? Do you live near Cambridge, ON? Let's build it.

Some recent stuff

2026

spring

Mealprep. A quick attempt at a meal prepping system. Plan, shop, cook.
Blender code map. Treemap of the whole codebase.
People. Rank the people in your life across traits that matter to you. Stamp them on axes. All local.
Custom covers for your Kindle. Drop an epub. Drag in a cover image. Pan and pinch to frame it. Sends it to your Kindle.
Reading list. Track books. Local. Simple.

winter

Ontario open data MCP Search and analyze Ontario's open data with natural language. MCP server. Queries Ontario, Toronto, and Ottawa data portals. Published on PyPI. claude mcp add ontario-data -- uvx ontario-data-mcp
Nanoleaf Make smart lights respond to music and create cool patterns. API experiments. Sync colors to audio. Ambient response. Pattern generation.
Chiaroscuro Bring paintings to life with animated leaves and flowing water. Three.js gallery. GLSL shaders. Physics-driven leaf sway. Curl noise for water flow.
Cricut pattern maker Create unique cutting patterns for craft machines. Generate SVG. Fractals, L-systems, chaos attractors. Export for laser cutters and Cricut.
Humans Keep your contacts organized by reading your old emails. SwiftData manager. LLM extracts fields from messages. Auto-enriches address book.
Galt business directory Find local businesses with smart search that understands what you mean. AI enrichment. Semantic search with embeddings. d3.js treemap for categories.

2025

fall

Clime Remember when you last watered your plants. localStorage only. No accounts. Add plant, tap to water. Simple.

summer

Paper tracker prototype See what you owe and what you own in one picture. d3.js visualization. Bills above ground. Assets below. Stacked bars.

spring

Chai Track your mood and spot patterns over time. Menubar app. Core Data storage. SwiftUI charts. Emotional trends.

winter

Organize-images-by-geo Sort vacation photos by country automatically. Reads GPS EXIF data. Reverse geocodes. Moves files into country folders.
Papers Organize research papers and chat with them. LLM extracts metadata. SQLite FTS5 for full-text search. Chat interface.

2024

fall

Split-by-data-explorer Understand your data by breaking it into groups. Drop CSV or JSON. Pick columns. Split recursively. Visual hierarchy.

summer

Taskmaster Build habits by tracking them on a calendar. d3.js grid. Mark days complete. Watch streaks grow. localStorage only.
Sketches Browse my design diagrams and system sketches. Excalidraw archive. Pan and zoom. Keyword search. Architectural flows.

Past Web design and development projects

Pamela Gough Election 2010 & 2014 Websites. This was the official website of Pamela Gough's election campaign for Public School Trustee in the Toronto municipal elections.
Fancy Free Island. Fancy Free Island Cottage is an historic Victorian lake house on a private island in spectacular Big Rideau Lake, available for rentals from June to October. It is on the Rideau Canal system, a UNESCO World Heritage Site waterway that runs from Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario. Check out the website for details, including the island's fascinating history dating back to the 1870s. Summer 2009 (live till April 1st, 2019).
Redesigned The Riverwood Conservancy Web site, Volunteer. Worked with staff at the Riverwood Conservancy to completely re-architect their previously static Web site and convert it to use a content management system. Trained and instructed staff in a 6-hour session, as well as providing brief documentation and support, on how to use the CMS tool and integrate their own content correctly. The Riverwood Conservancy's Web site has been featured on TYPOlight's showcase and has received praise from its Board of Directors. Winter 2007 – Summer 2009 (live till April 2014).
Wireless Networking & Mobile Computing Research Lab. University of Guelph. Fall 2008.
The Illuminated Plant Cell. Built this free online resource for biology students and researchers providing them state-of-the art information on advances in modern plant sciences. Article contributors include leading International scientists. Winter 2007/2008.
The Plaxton Lab Website. Queen's University. Winter 2008.
Biomedical Photonics Lab Site, University of Manitoba. Summer 2007.
Paleoclimate and Geobiology Research Group, University of Toronto. April 2007.
Website and Layout Design of the Jarvis Jargon. Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Toronto. School–year 2004–2006.
Designing, creating and maintaining the ITC Alumni Webpage, Volunteer. Forged a web-forum for alumni of the International Training Course, Biological Research Center, Szeged Hungary. Worked with a team of four former ITC fellows to bring the original idea to life. A Symposium resulted from this site, which was held 19th - 21st October 2006 in Szeged, Hungary and involved more than 300 scientists from around the globe. The page is now officially sponsored and supported by BRC, Szeged, Hungary. January 2004 – Summer 2007.
The Gradinaru Lab Website. University of Toronto. November 2006.
MEDCRT Website and Layout Design. University of Toronto. Summer 2006.
Nano-Microscopy Biological and Medical Physics Lab. University of Toronto. Summer 2005.
Laboratory of Plant Development & Interactions. University of Guelph. July 2004. https://mathurlab.github.io/
Joint Project for Siemens JoinMultimedia Europe-wide contest, Munich, Germany. A meticulous compilation on "Natural Resources" for the Siemens JoinMultimedia 2003 Europe-wide Competition in collaboration with three other batch mates. Project entered under the name of FET PAAC (Fossile Energie Träger, Peter, Alex, Anshu, Christian). Resulted in 1st place in the competition shared with teammates. Earned a position in Siemens JoinMultimedia "Hall of Fame" 2003. Summer 2003.
PubMed Extractor. A site developed to keep track of publications by parsing RSS feeds based on predefined search queries.
iPad and iPhone web applications developed using Sencha Touch. HCI project to develop an iPhone application for the Guelph-Humber student website.
Naive Bayes RSS classification system written in Python. Developed during DCCT*4160 - Distributed Information System Architectures course.
Ad-Hoc Search Engine written in Python. Group project for the DCCT*4090 - Information Storage and Retrieval Systems course.
Chat system created using jQuery.
PL/SQL procedure to obtain book information from Amazon using the ISBN number.

Hello, I'm Anshu - a tinkerer who loves to design + build things that are simple to use.

I work across design, data, and infrastructure - blending prototyping, data visualization, and engineering - helping people turn unclear problems into something tangible and visual.

Some recent stuff

2026

spring

winter

fall

summer

spring

winter

fall

summer

Hello, I'm Anshu - a `tinkerer` who loves to design + build things that are simple to use.

I work across design, data, and infrastructure - blending `prototyping`, `data visualization`, and `engineering` - helping people turn unclear problems into something tangible and visual.