Illustrated 15 avatar wearing glasses and a hoodie while using a laptop

I make playful, useful web things.

Creator of 15.ai and founder of Artist Alley, building independent tools for artists, fans, and the creative internet.

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About

You can call me 15. In 2020, I created 15.ai, a project that started as a fun little application of my cutting-edge voice AI research at MIT, which ended up exploding in popularity and essentially becoming a precursor to generative AI apps before ChatGPT.

I studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated with degrees in physics, mathematics and computer science. My thesis was on quantum information and game theory.

Despite not being an artist or graphic designer myself, I've always been obsessed with web design.

I'm a huge fan of video games, especially competitive ones. I'm FACEIT Level 10 in CS:GO and usually hover around 2200 (Chess.com rating) in bullet and blitz chess. I love rhythm games, especially DDR.

curious playful useful weird web
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Blog

Making a split layout feel fluid

Notes on clamp-based scales and killing breakpoint jumps.

Hard shadows, soft edges

Keeping a brutalist look from feeling stiff.

A site that feels like me

Why the ponysona stays front and center.