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Small ideas become working apps here—sometimes useful, sometimes strange, always documented honestly from first sketch to final build.

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Side Quest Labs is a one-person studio for turning small curiosities into working apps. Each project starts as something I want to exist, then becomes an honest record of the build—the decisions, wrong turns, fixes, and lessons between an idea and its release.

Quest log

issue #02 · 2026.08.13

Working local prototype iOS · issue 02

Palate

Remember the dishes worth ordering again—and see what trusted friends actually ate without making every opinion public.

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A private travel companion that kept plans, bookings, and location-based quests together, even without a signal.

iOS · Completed · personal use

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