This is what happens
when hobbies escalate.
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
Nine 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 →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 →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.
CoatQuote: So a Contractor Doesn't Have to Guess at Flake Ratios in Their Truck
CoatQuote turns a job walk into an itemized, professional coating quote before the contractor is back in the truck — surface prep,…
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Pixelateme: Privacy Tool by Day, Pixel Art Machine by Night
A free, no-signup tool that either hides faces for privacy or turns any photo into retro pixel art — and nothing ever leaves your …
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Sign Forge Studio: Wrap a Whole Van Without Touching a Single Sheet of Vinyl
Design 3D vehicle wraps, mock up storefront signage on real photos, estimate vinyl by the square foot, and get it e-signed — all b…
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Signs613: The One Business in This List You Can Actually Drive Past
Everything else in this network lives in a browser tab. Signs613 makes yard signs, banners and storefront signage you can touch, i…
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Silicon Pirates: Build. Break. Defend. Repeat Until It Stops Breaking.
A homelab rack simulator where power, networking and storage behave like real infrastructure — because someone here has actually l…
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Inside the Rack Simulator: DHCP Faults, Thermal Profiles, and a Marketplace That Remembers Everything
The live, playable build of Silicon Pirates: wire real power and network topology, trade items with a permanent ownership history,…
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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 →