Building Hopeful Futures
On making software that feels handmade, hopeful, and human.
The Goal
The goal of the tools I build is to allow people to build things with a sense of optimism.
That might sound vague, but it's very specific in practice. It means:
- Making complex robotics & AI projects simple and fun
- Sharing all code, datasets, and budgets openly
- Building things that a 5-year-old or a 13-year-old from Canada can actually use
- Proving that you don't need billions of dollars to do meaningful work
What "Hopeful" Means
Hopeful doesn't mean naive. It means believing that:
- Accessibility matters more than scale. A tiny model a kid can run on a Raspberry Pi is more valuable than a massive model locked behind an API paywall.
- Open beats closed. Every experiment on Starmind shares its code, data, weights, and budget. If someone can improve on it, they should.
- Small teams can do big things. CADMonkey was built over 3 weekends. Bentobot was built in 2 weeks. Arcadia was built in 1 week. You don't need permission to start.
- Making is its own reward. The best part of Bentobot wasn't the Raspberry Pi Magazine feature — it was the 100 people who played.
The Future
The future I want to build is one where:
- Any kid with a $15 Raspberry Pi can run an AI model
- Complex projects feel simple enough to start
- The tools to create are as accessible as the things they create
- Building things feels like play, not work
That's what ComfySpace is about. Building tools for tinkerers, with optimism.