Astav Labs makes small, opinionated software — the kind that solves one real problem completely, then gets out of the way.
Zero ethanol × 100 octane.
India's petrol now carries up to 20% ethanol, and older engines pay for it. e-zero maps every IndianOil XP100 outlet in the country — roughly 140 of them — sorted by distance, with drive times, phone numbers and hours. All of it bundled offline: no account, no server, no tracking.
ezero-4tn.pages.devCool shit i like.
A small, stubbornly personal archive of objects worth owning — mobility, audio, video, cars, desk things. No listicles, no sponsored slots, no top-ten filler. One shelf, six things at a time, each one photographed properly and linked straight to where you buy it.
niceshit.clubStop applying. DM the boss.
Portals bury your résumé in a queue. dm-the-boss finds the actual hiring manager, founder or team lead by company and role, drafts a cold email in your voice from your own résumé, and sends it from your Gmail with the attachment on. You approve every message, one at a time — send-only access, inbox never read.
dmtheboss.comEvery product starts as a nuisance we personally couldn't solve. We ship when the nuisance is gone — not when the roadmap is empty.
No dashboards nobody opens, no onboarding tour, no settings screen hiding the real feature. Fewer parts means fewer things that rot.
Offline-first where it's possible, minimum permissions where it isn't. No analytics theatre, no selling the audience back to itself.
Boring stacks, plain deployments, code a stranger can read on a Tuesday. Craft is what survives after we stop paying attention to it.