Spring has been productive. The application design tooling project has really taken shape.
Model Editing and Prototyping
A significant portion of this quarter was spent building model editors and prototype form designers. The goal is to allow users to visually construct data models and forms without writing code. It’s essentially a low-code platform before “low-code” became a buzzword.
Kiosk Systems
I’ve also started work on kiosk-style applications. These are self-service interfaces that need to be robust, user-friendly, and handle edge cases gracefully. When you’re building something that will run unattended in public spaces, you think about error handling and recovery in entirely new ways.
Technical Stack
The work has been primarily in C# with Windows Forms and WPF. While web technologies continue to dominate the conversation, there’s still a solid place for desktop applications, especially in enterprise and specialized hardware contexts.