It started with
a what if.

I’m Satyajit Pradhan. I build the systems behind product ideas, from merchant platforms to consumer AI.

Explore what I’m building Watch my introduction 5 min 15 sec · from the workbench
THE WHAT-IF MACHINE

It started with a what if.

What if AI could do more than answer?

Build an app, run a shop, and give recurring work to agents. On your phone and Mac.

Follow this question
OpenAlly: Home, actual Android app screen.

Android app screens, a Mac workspace preview, and a sample website you can try.

Pick a different what if.

Enter the workshop
THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROJECTS

A few apps. A workbench.
An unreasonable number of tabs.

A little more about me ↗
Products, experiments, and a few happy accidents.Keep following the question
OpenAllyAll the work

A conversation is
just the beginning.

OpenAlly is a cross-platform AI agent product for building an app, running a shop, and giving recurring work to agents. Conversations connect to agents, tools, and workflows across devices. I’m building it at Matterward Labs.

OpenAlly stretches from the experience someone touches to the systems underneath: a Rust device-side kernel, shared TypeScript, native bridges, and local storage. Explore OpenAlly’s architecture.

A film from my workbenchIt started
with a what if.
Why I started building them,
and what they became.
Watch the story 5 min 15 sec
THE WHAT-IF MACHINE

It started with a what if.

Play OpenAlly launch film.
4+Google Play rating
5K+Android installs
Watch the film 1:57
The OpenAlly launch film, 1 minute 57 seconds. Music and on-screen text, no narration. Watch in 4K ↗

Play Console · shared by Satyajit · . Figures from my Play Console. The public listing is still catching up.

Give your website a home on Android.

WebToApp packages an existing HTTPS website with your app name, icon, colours, and chosen device capabilities. Keep the signing key, generate an APK, and handle store submission as its own step.

You, for example“Turn my shop’s website into an Android app.”
  1. Connect the website and choose the branding.
  2. Review device capabilities and the signing setup.
  3. Build the APK; prepare an AAB if you plan to publish.
Read how it fits together ↗
↗ sunday.exampleWebsite demo

COFFEE. COMPANY. NO RUSH.

Make room
for slow.

Good coffee. A sunny corner.
A little more time for yourself.

A website you can try, packaged for Android.
Android, with permission.

You decide what the agent can reach.

Accessibility and screen capture are explicit device permissions.

AgentMCPAndroid
Aster: Your permissions, actual Android app screen.
Aster

Give the idea
a pair of hands.

Aster is my open-source Android companion, built for the OpenClaw era. It lets agents observe and use a real phone, with the device owner in control.

The connection can live entirely in the app: an on-device MCP server for direct clients, and Binder IPC for apps on the same phone. Neither path needs a separate server. Read the Aster story.

On-device MCPBinder IPCOpen source
How an agent learns to use a phone
UnfoldMyMacA little less ordinary.

What if the hinge
was the interface?

UnfoldMyMac starts with the hinge, a piece of hardware most interfaces ignore. Lid movement becomes an input for desktop effects and living artwork. Read the UnfoldMyMac story.

Open the project story

Drag down to close. Flick up to open. The curtains follow your hand.

Live wallpapers from UnfoldMyMac. The counters in the artwork are examples.

Play UnfoldMyMac Lights Out. Watch the artwork move
Lights Out, from UnfoldMyMac’s original media library. A silent F1-inspired desktop wallpaper with sample session counters.

The best input
might already
be in your hand.

Notes on designing around a hinge

Some ideas need
a workbench.

I build beyond the screen. My Bambu Lab H2C is where miniatures, custom enclosures, and parts for consumer gadgets start taking physical form.

There’s something satisfying about bringing a circuit, a printed case, and the software inside into one working object. More from the workshop.

A 3D maker’s workbench with an H2C printer, printed gadget enclosures, electronics, and a miniature astronaut.
Beyond the screen.Inside the workshop

An idea doesn’t have to stay on a screen.

I print the physical part of an idea on my Bambu Lab H2C: small miniatures, custom enclosures, and parts for consumer gadgets.

Follow the builds on GamesPatch
Satyajit as a 3D character, in his olive shirt and glasses.

Sometimes the next version
needs a soldering iron.

Software. Meet the real world.

A shell, a circuit, and the software inside. Pull a little gadget apart to see how the pieces belong together.

A builder, even
off the clock.

GamesPatch logo

GamesPatch

5K+ subscribers

Curiosity has
a camera, too.

GamesPatch is my YouTube channel, with 5K+ subscribers. Gaming, unboxing technology, and the joy of trying things out belong alongside the code.

dreamy.loopz8K+ followers
A MOMENT FROM THE PAGE · 0:08

Chai, and time to talk.

See all four films ↗

What if technology
could make you pause?

@dreamy.loopz is my automated AI platform for creating peaceful moments, with 8K+ followers on Instagram. A different kind of output, with the same interest in the system behind it.

Find a peaceful moment

The chapters that
built the builder.

Past work. Lasting lessons.
ZyadaShop

What if every shop
could have its own app?

Before OpenAlly, I built ZyadaShop: a mobile-first commerce platform that let a merchant build a storefront and Android app from a phone. It grew to 500+ shipped features, with approximately 15-second APK generation and a separate Play Store publishing workflow.

ZyadaShop won Google Play’s Best of 2022 in India, Best Hidden Gems. Mosambee later acquired it. I no longer own its rights; this is the story of work I built, and what I learned from it. Google’s announcement.

Read the ZyadaShop story

Google Play

Best of
2022
Best Hidden Gems · IndiaZyadaShopSee Google’s announcement

Recognition for something we built.

Illustrated payment terminal and receipt roll.
Mosambee logoBehind the counter
At the counterA tap starts a request.
Illustrative request journey
Mosambee

Small interactions.
Large systems.

My work at Mosambee spans team-built POS and merchant applications, microservices, and distributed systems serving lakhs of merchants. Products at that scale teach you to care about retries, failure modes, and what happens on an ordinary working day.

Building for the working day
THE FIRST RABBIT HOLE
▂▄▆ SJ / WAP
Hey, internet.
XHTML + PHP.

Go on. The buttons work.

A small screen.
A very big rabbit hole.

In eighth standard, I built WAP applications and mobile-game portals with XHTML and PHP. There was a small screen, an idea, and enough curiosity to keep going.

Later came certificate-generation tools for colleges and universities, Smart India Hackathon participation, an Associate Android Developer certification, and wireless IoT systems with companion apps. The tools changed. The habit of seeing an idea through stayed. The longer story.

WAP & mobile gamesTools for collegesAndroid & IoTProducts & systems

Still asking.
Still making.

OpenForge explores what happens underneath a game. The Forza × MOZA Bridge forwards a racing game’s telemetry to a hardware setup. Some questions become products; others remain experiments worth following.

What if the next useful gadget is the one you build yourself?

A printed enclosure, a circuit, and the software inside. I’m interested in the place where all three meet.

Step into the workshop

Some questions are still open.

1 / 3

Notes from building.

All writing

A good project often starts here.

Leave me
a what if.

All the places to find me ↗
To Satyajit

There’s an app I wish existed.

Tell me who would use it and what they are trying to do. A rough sketch is plenty to start with.

Talk to me on LinkedInLet’s follow the question.