Jack

“Making small software and unnecessarily specific websites.”

Contacting Jack

Profile song: “Modem at Midnight” Jack

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An original one-minute chiptune, synthesised in your browser only when you press play. Nothing is downloaded and it never starts by itself.

General: Small websites. Shops with a problem. Tills that work when the internet does not.
Music: “Modem at Midnight”, on repeat, because it is the only track on the page.
Films: Anything set in a shop.
Television: The one on the till.
Books: The Proper Till changelog. It is longer than it should be.
Heroes: Whoever decided the moon should look that big.

I make software for shops, homes and questions that probably did not need entire websites. Currently online because this status is hard-coded.

Shopkeepers with annoying problems, people who miss small websites, and whoever decided the moon should look that big.

05/09/2026 09:00 AM I made a till that lives in your browser (tagged Proper Till)
28/08/2026 06:40 AM Every newspaper price, for reasons (tagged PaperWatcher)
19/08/2026 11:12 PM New site: why does rain smell good? (tagged WHY)
12/08/2026 08:03 PM Updated my Top 8. Please remain calm. (tagged Friends)

Jack has 8 friends.

Tom Online Now!
About Tom
Everybody's first friend. The only one here who is not a project, and the only one who has never filed a bug.
PaperWatcher Online Now!
About PaperWatcher
Every UK newspaper price and barcode, and the changes coming next, so the till knows before the paper arrives. Real shops use it.
Proper Till
About Proper Till
A proper till in your browser. No account, no subscription, and no sales record leaving the counter. Early access, and touchy about it.
Primrose
About Primrose
A phone-first home system for two. It is Jack's actual house, so there is no link to the front door.
The WHY Index Online Now!
About The WHY Index
The directory of every WHY site. If your question starts with why, it starts here.
Why Is the Moon So Big?
About Why Is the Moon So Big?
A website about the size of the moon. Warning: it gets bigger.
Why Does Rain Smell Good?
About Why Does Rain Smell Good?
The answer, on a website that took the question seriously.
GitHub
About GitHub
All the source code. Please do not read the commit messages aloud.

Displaying 5 of 5 comments. The commenters are projects, which is why they are like this.

PaperWatcher 05/09/2026 07:12 AM

thanks for updating my prices again mate
Proper Till 03/09/2026 06:48 PM

pls stop calling me early access in public
Why Does Rain Smell Good? 01/09/2026 04:20 PM

it rained. you know where to find me
The Moon 29/08/2026 11:58 PM

I am not too big. you are too close
Tom 25/08/2026 10:31 AM

Thanks for the add!