Jie XiangIndependent developer
Tiny Web Lab ↗

Jie Xiang · Independent developer

I make small, useful things on the internet.

I'm trying to make a living from my own products so I can work from anywhere and see more of the world.

Based in Shanghai. Building for people anywhere.

Current project

Tiny Web Lab

One useful, strange, or playful website at a time. The first release, SlopMirror, finds generic landing-page language and points to concrete places to rewrite. It runs in the browser.

Try SlopMirror

Selected work

Things that made it into the world.

  1. 01

    Current

    Tiny Web Lab

    Useful, strange, and playable websites—one public release at a time.

  2. 02

    Open source

    apple-presubmit-audit

    A command-line check for common App Store review problems before submission.

  3. 03

    Open source

    claude-agent-ledger

    A local view of where Claude Code agent costs actually go.

  4. 04

    Archive

    App Store portfolio

    A public catalogue of my iOS and Mac releases, with live links where available.

How I think about the work →

Writing archive

Notes from the path here.

These pieces came from earlier reliability, iOS, and AI-agent work. I keep them here because the lessons are still useful.

Read all writing →

Why

The goal is simple.

I want my own products to pay for the freedom to work from different places and travel. I'm not there yet. This site is a record of what I make, what I learn, and what actually happens.

Say hello.

Find the code on GitHub, oremail me.