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Software & Utilities
A curated set of independent software projects, from larger cross-platform systems to experimental MVPs and smaller tools built to solve concrete problems in multilingual interaction, audio diagnostics, document repair, file management, and photo metadata.
Featured systems
Larger independent projects
HomeDrive
Android-to-Windows backup built around authenticated pairing, capacity preflight, atomic writes, reconciliation, verification, and fail-closed deletion safety.
Open case study → Full-stack · Learning systemGerman Master
Lexeme-centric German practice with deterministic task generation, Postgres, content enrichment, offline PWA behavior, queued synchronization, and shared learning history.
Open case study → Algorithms · AndroidSudoku Generator Engineering
Irregular Sudoku generation using backtracking, MRV, constraint handling, uniqueness checks, performance tuning, and offline puzzle curation.
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Utilities and experimental MVPs
Rafiq
Arabic-first assistant for everyday situations in Germany. The MVP combines voice and text input, Arabic explanations, German examples with separate German speech playback, and browser-held conversation context without an application conversation database.
Open experimental demo → Browser audio · Local analysisMicCheck
Browser-based microphone quality analysis that records a short sample locally, measures clipping, level, noise floor, and room echo, then returns a grade and a prioritized improvement.
Public repository → PDF repair · Batch processingPDFCleaner
Structural-first PDF repair that preserves text/vector content, validates repaired output, avoids destructive rewrites, isolates failures in large batches, and packages as a drag-and-drop Windows utility.
Public repository → Desktop utility · File integrityDupliclean
Duplicate-file cleaner that reduces unnecessary hashing through size bucketing, verifies candidate duplicates with SHA-256, supports safe recycle-bin deletion, and exposes practical selection and progress controls for large collections.
Public downloads → Photo metadata · Desktop utilityPhoto Metadata Inspector
Photo-library inspection and repair tool for comparing filesystem and EXIF timestamps, surfacing inconsistencies, deriving dates from filenames, and applying targeted metadata corrections.
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