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Small things, built to learn.

A generative field of dots with a few highlighted clusters and a thin wave.
Year
2025 – now
Role
Everything
Stack
PHP, C++, Python, GLSL
Links
Source on GitHub ↗

Overview

A PHP framework from scratch, C++ exercises, a domain watcher, a self-updating GitHub profile and the shaders on this site – the lab where most ideas start.

Not everything needs to be a product. The lab is where I take something apart to understand it – a Laravel-style framework rebuilt from its router up, the C++ from vocational school, a GitHub profile that renders its own cards with live numbers every three hours.

The Lab section on the home page lists them all.

github.com/maximilianfeix
A generative field of dots with a few highlighted clusters and a thin wave.

Implementation

  1. 01

    Mini-Laravel

    Router, dependency-injection container, controllers and middleware – written from scratch to understand what the framework does for you.

  2. 02

    A profile that builds itself

    A scheduled workflow renders the profile banner and project cards with live data, text shaped with HarfBuzz so it looks the same everywhere.

Technical challenges

  • Finishing small things

    The rule in the lab: every experiment gets a README and a commit history someone else can follow.