A side project that got a little out of hand.

It started quietly, as a small side project I built just for myself, mostly to see if I could. It didn't stay small for long.

These days that means I'm the founder, the designer, the engineer, and the guy who argues with himself at midnight over pixel spacing, gnarly edge cases, and whether a feature actually feels right to use. All the same person, none of them winning.

I've poured countless hours, several months, and more than a few sleepless nights into building this thing from scratch, no team, no funding, just a lot of coffee and a stubborn refusal to ship something I wasn't proud of. It's been equal parts fun and mildly unhinged.

AI-assisted development and design tools helped me go much further on my own. But Ryzlo did not appear from one clever prompt. It came from months of decisions, failed attempts, rebuilds, and a suspicious number of “final” versions.

I built the website in much the same way, from the broad idea down to the smallest interaction, with the same care and probably too many open tabs. Everything here is part of one personal attempt to see how far a one-person team can take an idea.

Ryzlo is still evolving, but it's finally ready to meet people beyond my screen. This is the first public look at it, the beginning of what I hope it will become. It's on the App Store now.