TRISTAN CHIAPPISI · Side Projects · Currently building
Side Projects · 2025 → 2026 Updated May 2026 · Columbus, Ohio

Side Projects.

A handful of small products being built right now. Some are experiments, some are real, some are still figuring out which they are.

6 active
3 live
3 in progress
1 author

Live · Public

Three projects shipped to public URLs. Each is its own thing. Click through to see them in their natural habitat.

TalentReeder

Live · talentreeder.com · skills development & assessment

A skills development and assessment platform where the website is the presentation, not a slide deck. Built around the principle that you should understand talent before you hire it.

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Unlocking Quantum Computing

Live · unlockingquantumcomputing.com · workshop & curriculum

A four-hour, laptop-based quantum computing workshop. Teaches qubits, superposition, entanglement, and Grover's algorithm using Python simulators in Google Colab. No real quantum hardware required.

Originally built for CodeMash 2026, now a standing curriculum for anyone who wants to follow the path on their own laptop.

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SQLCaffeine

Live · sqlcaffeine.com · interactive SQL tuning

An interactive SQL tuning education site. Teaches you how databases actually execute queries. Schemas, query plans, fixes. The goal is to write faster SQL by understanding why systems behave the way they do, not by memorizing rules of thumb.

Companion to the Caffeinate Your Queries conference talk, now self-paced and interactive.

Visit sqlcaffeine.com →

In Progress · 2026

Three projects still being built. Some of these will ship. Some will be deleted. That is part of the work.

AuthorSim

In Progress · autonomous AI · 2025–present

AI story-planning and drafting for indie authors. A structured workflow (plan, write, review, export) where AI does the heavy generation and the structure keeps the story coherent. Acts, chapters, scenes, characters, locations. Quality checks built in.

The system documented in Conventionless. Two complete restarts in nine months. Still iterating.

MarketReeder

In Progress · data engineering · personal research

A personal data-engineering project. Combines multiple public crypto and prediction-market data sources into a single research view, mostly to explore data-pipeline patterns. Built for learning, not as a trading tool. Not investment advice.

LegalSim

In Progress · decision tooling · for lawyers

AI-powered settlement optimization for lawyers. Tells you when to settle a case, for how much, and why. Turns gut feel into a data-backed decision.

Get in touch

Most of these are built in the open, on nights and weekends.

If one catches your interest, the easiest way to reach me is LinkedIn. Tell me which project, what you're trying to do, and I'll respond if I can be useful.

For the long-form notes on what building these actually looks like, the writing is under Field Reports and Thoughts.

Reach me on LinkedIn