i'm aiyan chowdhury
independent developer. building things in maryland.
usually at night. almost always offline-first.
i build local AI
systems that run on your machine.
not theirs.
obsessed with clean code, textual interfaces, and making things work for you — not letting people make you work for them.
nextjs. also golang.
a little python. some agentic dev.
and an ipad. yes an ipad. it works ok.
i have a confession to make about my design philosophy.
i like things
BIGok. maybe not that big.exploring everywhere
photos.
of places, things, cats.
all caps on purpose. that's how loud it is in my head.
also: privacy. owning what you have.
radical concept, apparently.
distraction-free study tool. focus locker, timer, music integration, AI tutoring engine. powered by navyapi.
arctutor.app →
go cli for code organization. my first shipped project. on homebrew.
github.com/thecatthatflies/cleanly →
internships.
freelance.
interesting things.
building in maryland. shipping everywhere. i reply fast.
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that's it. that's the website.
thecatthatflies · maryland · 2026