independent software lab — est. in a kitchen

Sour Labs

An independent software lab building exit ramps from broken systems. The tools are sweet. The chemistry is sour.

See what's bubbling

the liquid is alive — it follows you. click it.

Nº 02 what bubbles here

Six elements of a sovereign life.

We synthesize tools for each one. Flip a tile to read its reaction. Gloves optional — the acidity is aimed elsewhere.

Nº 03 the manifesto

One tool. Two faces. Same molecule.

Everything we ship is engineered twice: once for your hands, once against the system. Read the ledger — every sweet has its sour.

Sweetwhat you feel
Sourwhat it does
Feels like candy.
01
Runs like a vault.
Set up in one sitting, with snacks.
02
Zero data ever leaves your device.
Colors a five-year-old would pick.
03
Cryptography a nation-state would respect.
Free to try. Easy to love.
04
Open source. Easy to audit.
Delight by default.
05
Consent by design.
Made for your grandma.
06
Built against the middleman.

⚗ lab note: if a tool is only sweet, you're the dessert. if it's only sour, nobody drinks it. balance is the recipe.

Nº 04 the product bench

Two specimens, currently alive.

Both handled daily. Both bite back — at the system, not at you. Poke a jar; they slosh when excited.

specimen A · stable

Grimoire

Incantatio promptus — the prompt spellbook

Every great work starts with the right words. Grimoire keeps yours — prompts bound, versioned, and castable — in a book that belongs to you, not to a platform.

formprompt spellbook
statestable · in the wild
solubilitydissolves in any workflow
custodyyours. entirely.
grimoire.life ↗
specimen B · bubbling

Bad Wallet

Bitcoin Absolutely Decentralized

Most wallets hold your coins for you. That's not a wallet — that's a bank with an app. Bad Wallet hands you the keys, then teaches you why that matters.

formwallet + learning hub
statebubbling · in the lab
ph2.1 — maximum pucker
custodyyours. aggressively.
brewing at badwallet.app ⚗

⚠ handling note: prolonged exposure to either specimen may cause financial sovereignty and a mild allergy to fine print.

Nº 05 the experiments wing

A lab that hides its experiments is just a warehouse.

So we published ours — twenty-five living websites, one per idea we can't stop thinking about: sound money, local AI, sunlight, friendly robots, real food, sovereign kids. Each one is a playable argument, not a pitch deck. Everything's clickable. Nothing tracks you.

Enter the experiments wing ↗
Nº 06 the empowering turn

Broken systems don't get fixed. They get out-built.

You don't need permission, a seat at the table, or a revolution. You need better tools and a slightly stubborn attitude. We make the tools. You bring the attitude. The lab is open and the kettle is on.