The studio
A one-person studio that ships like a team.
SleepyDev Studio is the software practice of Sleepy Productions LLC. Design, engineering, and release are all handled in-house — backed by an automated pipeline that keeps a solo operation moving at speed without cutting corners on craft.
Principles
Local-first
Your data lives on your machine. Models run on your hardware. Nothing is uploaded unless you ask for it.
No tracking
No analytics beacons, no ad scripts, no third-party calls. Every asset is self-hosted.
Built to last
Small, fast, clean. Verified against a hard quality bar and kept improving after ship.
Capabilities
The full stack, in-house.
Desktop applications
Native Windows apps built with Tauri + Rust — small, fast binaries with global hotkeys, offline-first storage, and clean uninstalls. Audio, video, and AI tooling that feels like part of the OS.
Local-first AI
Whisper dictation, on-device transcription, and agent control planes that run on your own GPU. The model lives on your machine — your data never leaves it.
Web that loads instantly
Static-first sites on Astro + Tailwind, deployed to the Cloudflare edge. Cinematic without the bloat — no client-side framework tax, no third-party trackers, perfect-score performance.
Tooling & automation
Creative-suite plugins, build pipelines, and the in-house systems that keep a one-person studio shipping like a team — from icon pipelines to release automation.
Process
Four steps, every time.
Frame
Pin down the real problem and the smallest thing that solves it. No scope theater.
Design
Cinematic, restrained, on-brand. Two-tier type, disciplined palette, motion with intent.
Build
End-to-end — native app or edge web, wired and tested. Small, fast, clean.
Ship
Verified against a hard quality bar, deployed to the edge, and kept improving.