We build things until
they stop breaking. Mostly.
Declined Studios is a one-person workshop: browser games, self-hosted tools and a homelab that keeps getting rebuilt. Everything here is something we actually shipped — and the posts explain exactly how, including the parts that went wrong.
The Network
Everything we run, in one place
14 live properties — tools people use daily, games you can play in a browser, and a real sign business — plus one very direct way to hire the person who builds them all.
Web builds, small games, homelab & server work — request a quote, pay when you approve.
Get started →YouTube & SoundCloud to MP3. Free, no adware, no pop-ups.
Visit site →Turn any song into a custom ringtone — MP3 or iPhone M4R.
Visit site →Send files phone to phone — over Wi-Fi, QR video or sound. No app, no cloud, no account.
Visit site →Pixelate photos and hide faces — 100% in your browser.
Visit site →Free online mind mapping. Create, connect, save your ideas.
Visit site →Build. Break. Defend. A homelab rack simulator that behaves like real infrastructure.
Visit site →The live rack simulation build — power, networking, storage, services.
Visit site →Custom signs made to get noticed — Belleville, Kingston, Napanee.
Visit site →Local buy & sell classifieds for Kingston, Belleville, Trenton & the Quinte region.
Visit site →Vehicle wrap design & sign shop software. Design, mockup, produce.
Visit site →Automated site health & SEO monitoring — SSL, security headers, broken links.
Visit site →Itemized quoting software for epoxy & concrete coating contractors.
Visit site →Automatic warranty registration follow-up & maintenance reminders.
Visit site →An AI companion who writes first — email or live chat, always disclosed as AI.
Visit site →Devlogs
Notes from the workbench
Build logs, teardowns and post-mortems — Proxmox clusters, GPU/AI nodes, Unity WebGL games and the tools that came out of them.
Silicon Pirates Beta 3 Gameplay: Full Walkthrough Video
Three Silicon Pirates Beta 3 gameplay videos: a 50-second promo, a 56-second cut and a 3:43 walkthrough of the browser homelab rac…
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Your Girlfriend Experience: An Uncensored, Private AI Girlfriend That Writes First
Live chat or email on one memory, no filters on the conversation, photos that are always her, and a privacy model most AI girlfrie…
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Silicon Pirates in August: Work Orders, Gifts, and a Tour That Finally Teaches
55% of new sessions never placed a device. August fixed the first ten minutes, then gave you a reason to come back: work orders, g…
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Bug #9: The Mining Rig That Stopped Paying (and Why It Was Always RACK)
A player reported a crypto rig that randomly stopped paying out forever. It was three bugs holding hands: a ratchet, an uncapped c…
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I Sent a Photo Between Two Phones Using Sound (and Two Saner Methods)
Building Beam: a web page that moves files between two devices with no upload and no app — over Wi-Fi, as a stream of QR codes, or…
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I Turned My Gaming PC Into a Proxmox Node — and Got the Games Back Through a Stream
How a Ryzen gaming PC became the homelab's Proxmox compute node: GPU passthrough, eight container migrations, and the games back v…
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Games that run in your browser
No installs, no launchers. Unity WebGL builds and simulations you can open right now.
Trivia Rush
A browser trivia system built in three days — Unity WebGL front end, PHP leaderboards and an admin panel behind it. Four builds to play: the original plus 80s, Horror and Seinfeld editions.
Play now →Silicon Pirates
A homelab rack simulator where power, networking, storage and services behave like the real thing. Build it, break it, defend it.
Enter the rack →Rack Sim
The live simulation build — the sandbox where the infrastructure model actually runs.
Open the sim →Got something that needs building?
Web builds, self-hosted tools, signage software, or a homelab that refuses to behave.
Get a quote → Or just say hi →