Photo sorter
A local tool Saloni built in 2026 to sort 2,704 photos she had been putting off sorting alone.
Photo sorter | 2026
tool · local
Photo sorter · tool · 2026
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TINKERER
Stuff I build to solve my problems, or explorations.
29 things, 2018 to 2026. No numbers here on purpose. The ones with a verdict say so.
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2026
Perfecting the System
tool
Link intake
A Telegram bot Saloni built in 2026 to file the links she kept sending to a chat with herself.
Link intake | 2026
tool · telegram bot
Link intake · tool · 2026
Seven reports
Seven automated weekly reports Saloni set up in 2026. Nobody read them; the system was shelved.
Seven reports | 2026
system · shelved
Seven reports · system · 2026
The wardrobe
A wardrobe system: 114 garment cut-outs reduced to a 27-piece capsule with hand-built HTML tools.
The wardrobe | 2026
tool · 114 → 27
The wardrobe · tool · 2026
This site, pass 2
heysaloni.com itself, designed and built by Saloni in Next.js with AI agents pair-writing the code.
This site, pass 2 | 2026
site · pushed
This site, pass 2 · site · 2026
Wedding suite
A printed wedding stationery suite designed by Saloni in 2026: invitations, haldi and sangeet cards, sweet packets.
Wedding suite | 2026
Wedding suite · print · 2026
2025
Learning to Build
Tweet Defender ×4
The same browser game built four times across four AI coding tools in 2025, the summer Saloni learned to ship code.
Tweet Defender ×4 | 2025
game · 4 tools
Tweet Defender ×4 · game · 2025
Fontify
Fontify: a font exploration tool Saloni built across 2,141 fonts in 48 hours. Shipped, then dropped.
Fontify | 2025
tool · 2,141 fonts
Fontify · tool · 2025
UFO
UFO Signal Intercept, a green-phosphor browser arcade game Saloni vibe-coded in 2025, playable at /play.
UFO | 2025
game · hotly.gg
UFO · game · 2025
Hotly music landing
The dark-mode landing page for the music-era Hotly, art-directed by Saloni in 2025.
Hotly music landing | 2025
landing
Hotly music landing · landing · 2025
hotly.gg reels
The Instagram reels content engine Saloni ran for hotly.gg in 2025: raw-to-final pairs per game.
hotly.gg reels | 2025
video
hotly.gg reels · video · 2025
Social Karaoke
Hotly Social Karaoke, a multiplayer karaoke product with fan-funded prizes, designed by Saloni before the Penpal pivot.
Social Karaoke | 2025
product · a pivot
Social Karaoke · product · 2025
Ads funnel
Ad creatives and the onboarding flow they led into, designed by Saloni for Hotly in 2025.
Ads funnel | 2025
growth
Ads funnel · growth · 2025
2024
Figr, and the Muscle
Figr identity
Figr Identity, an AI design-system plugin for Figma Saloni designed as founding designer at Figr, 2024 to 2025.
Figr identity | 2024
brand · system
Figr identity · brand · 2024
MiniMash
MiniMash (Project Nitro): a pack of mini games Saloni designed and shipped into hotly.gg.
MiniMash | 2024
game pack
MiniMash · game pack · 2024
Stable Diffusion, locally
Running Stable Diffusion locally and training it on her own work: an AI image experiment by Saloni.
Stable Diffusion, locally | 2024
experiment
Stable Diffusion, locally · experiment · 2024
Mee games
Mee Games: a pitch deck and game concept Saloni designed in 2024.
Mee games | 2024
deck
Mee games · deck · 2024
Outfit capsule
The first pass of the wardrobe system: garment cut-outs and an outfit builder.
Outfit capsule | 2024
tool
Outfit capsule · tool · 2024
2023
Build It, Then Pitch It
Echore
Echore, a Chrome extension for blockchain escrow, built by Saloni and Etherate Labs; won the Tezos BlockBorn & Balthazar hackathon.
Echore | 2023
extension · hackathon
Echore · extension · 2023
Alcade
Alcade: an AI dungeon master for Dungeons & Dragons Saloni built, then pitched.
Alcade | 2023
D&D with AI
Alcade · D&D with AI · 2023
YOG medal
A medal design concept Saloni submitted for the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games. Not selected.
YOG medal | 2023
3D · not selected
YOG medal · 3D · 2023
Symmetry
A redesign of the Symmetry crypto platform Saloni made in three weeks; won the hackathon, December 2023.
Symmetry | 2023
hackathon · won
Symmetry · hackathon · 2023
2 Min AI
2 Min AI: a YouTube channel Saloni ran for a month in 2023, one AI explainer a day.
2 Min AI | 2023
youtube · 30 days
2 Min AI · youtube · 2023
Pune DAO
A small brand system for Pune DAO: logo, swatches, type, and five logo-reveal animations with a dhol-tasha cue.
Pune DAO | 2023
brand
Pune DAO · brand · 2023
2022
Where It Starts
Ubeswap NFT
An AI-generated NFT collection for Ubeswap by Saloni and Etherate Labs; won the Ubeswap Destiny hackathon.
Ubeswap NFT | 2022
3D · hackathon
Ubeswap NFT · 3D · 2022
OCG Punks
OCG Punks: a generative PFP collection built from 10,100 hand-drawn SVG trait layers with rarity weights.
OCG Punks | 2022
system · 10,100 layers
OCG Punks · system · 2022
Absinthe
Brand identity and website for Absinthe Labs, a client delivery by Saloni, 2023 to 2024.
Absinthe | 2022
brand · client
Absinthe · brand · 2022
Art, 2018 to 2022
Ink, pixel and portrait studies Saloni drew between 2018 and 2022.
Art, 2018 to 2022 | 2022
ink · 2018 to 2022
Art, 2018 to 2022 · ink · 2022
Etherate
Etherate Labs, the remote studio Saloni co-founded (2022 to 2023) that shipped MVPs for blockchain and generative-AI clients.
Etherate | 2022
studio
Etherate · studio · 2022
I-Game-Robot
The DeAuto DAO game-design hackathon entry; placed second in Game Design Planning.
I-Game-Robot | 2022
hackathon · 2nd
I-Game-Robot · hackathon · 2022
DESIGNER MODE
the other half of the desk · five surfaces, 2024 to 2026
I ship the whole surface in weeks. 7 products shipped in 18 months. Two made money.
Penpal
A paid 1-on-1 conversation between a creator and her fans. Founding designer at Hotly: the fan page, the creator dashboard, the lifecycle emails and the analytics. $10,929 organic from one creator, at 3.7 purchases per paying fan.
Penpal | 2025
Penpal · product · 2025
The Dome
A free anonymous room, spec’d by the people who refused to pay for letters. One prompt a week, a wall of notes underneath, no likes and no names. 92% of the fans who came took part, and it costs the creator one sentence a week.
The Dome | 2026
The Dome · community · 2026
The email system
Eleven live emails across three products, in one voice. Which emails exist, every word of them, the HTML and the deliverability were all hers. 12,436 sends and not one spam complaint, because the system only speaks when a person does something.
The email system | 2026
The email system · lifecycle · 2026
Creator outreach
A four-stage creator outreach pipeline with two human gates, April to June 2026: research, copy, review, infra. 220 creators onboarded; warm introductions beat cold sends five to one.
Creator outreach | 2026
Creator outreach · acquisition · 2026