Shwimp Studios Independent software studio Projects 28

Independent software studio · Central PA / Internet

Useful software for curious people and ideas worth testing.

We build and maintain software for developers, knowledge workers, people interested in markets, and curious web users.

Built and maintained by D. Steele · Founder / Operator
Meet Reef All projects

Selected work

The projects are the point.

The studio spans products, developer tools, market systems, and web experiments. These are the projects currently receiving the most attention.

Project 01 Active

From Noodle Ventures

Reef

Institutional-grade equity market simulator

A simulation-first trading venue and post-trade platform for exploring market structure, order flow, portfolios, and execution—with a bolt-on Bot Arena for building trading agents and competing head-to-head.

Project site GitHub Bot Arena
Project 02 Prototype

From Shwimp Studios

Trove

Personal knowledge and bookmark management

A personal knowledge and bookmark manager for organizing saved links, references, and research.

GitHub Website
Project 03 Tooling

From Shrimpworks

Kyn

Developer workflow tooling

A CLI for keeping project rules, conventions, documentation, and relevant code paths together.

GitHub Website
Project 04 Experiment

From Noodle Ventures

Waves

Retro mobile web exploration

Part of Wap Labs, a toolkit for WAP development, testing, simulation, engine work, and browsing the early mobile web.

GitHub Website

28 projects in the public catalogue.

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Inside the studio

One parent.
Four divisions.
A place for each kind of work.

Lady International is the umbrella organization for the studio's product, engineering, publishing, and market-related work.

View the studio structure
01

Products

Shwimp Studios

Public-facing software, websites, and product experiments. View the division 02

Engineering

Shrimpworks

Developer tools, infrastructure, libraries, and engineering experiments. View the division 03

Publishing

Wimpy Productions

Documentation, blogs, datasets, and project publishing. View the division 04

Markets

Noodle Ventures

Market software, trading simulations, and finance-related research. View the division

Studio note · 01

On finishing projects
“The second session makes it a project.”

People and namesakes

Who is behind the studio.

D. Steele builds and maintains the software. Catherine and Cynthia are the cats behind several of the studio's names.

Editorial portrait illustration of Catherine.

Chairwoman, Lady International

Catherine

Known aliases · The Lady / The Noodle Much of Catherine's professional history remains classified, sealed, or otherwise unavailable through conventional channels. Following a series of successful engagements throughout Eastern Europe, she accepted the role of Chairwoman at Lady International, where she provides strategic oversight, executive leadership, and occasional guidance on matters best left undocumented.
Editorial portrait illustration of D. Steele.

Founder, Shwimp Studios

D. Steele

Known aliases · Founder / Operator Responsible for turning the organization's questionable ideas into working software, shaping the technical direction, and keeping the growing collection of projects moving from loose concept to usable thing.
Editorial portrait illustration of Cynthia.

Director of Product Instinct

Cynthia

Known aliases · Shrimp / Wimpy / Shwimp Cynthia's career was defined less by expertise and more by persistence. Although frequently confused about the details, she approached every challenge with confidence, enthusiasm, and a remarkable willingness to improvise. Many of the studio's ideas can be traced back to questions she probably should not have been asking, and her influence continues to be felt throughout the organization today.