Experimental Architectures

A field index of the substrates, frameworks, languages, and tools I build to answer one question at a time — what if the foundation were different?

By Chris Kluis — ckluis.com · kilofeet · LinkedIn · X

→ Open the index

Locally: open index.html in a browser. It links out to each experiment's spec page and, where one exists, its source repository. Each spec links back to the index.

The experiments

Section	Project	Stack	Status	Spec	Live · Code
Substrate	regel — a governed code-as-rows substrate	Go · TypeScript · Postgres	Shipped	regel.html	live · code
Substrate	kern — a homoiconic SaaS substrate	Lisp · Postgres	Spec	kern.html	—
Substrate	eigen — a local-first hypermedia framework	Rust · Postgres	Spec	eigen.html	—
Frameworks	samen — a governed B2B-SaaS foundry	Elixir · Ash · Oban · Postgres	Shipped	samen.html	live · code
Frameworks	chord — the omakase full-stack for G#	G#	Spec	chord.html	—
Frameworks	fugue — the Phoenix of G#, on Orleans	G# · Orleans	Spec	fugue.html	—
Frameworks	realbook — the WordPress of G#, with a gate	G#	Spec	realbook.html	—
Languages	taal — building the BEAM on Go	Go · actor model	Spec	taal.html	—
Languages	streng — a closed-world TypeScript	TypeScript · native compiler	Spec	streng.html	—
Interfaces	lui — a layout-first UI framework	UI framework · AI sidecar	Spec	lui.html	—
Interfaces	uiExplorer — the UI Lab, provenance-first UI experiments	HTML/CSS · zero-dep · AI	Shipped	—	live · code
Tools	aiCRO — a full growth engagement from one URL	Node.js · Claude	Shipped	—	live · code
Tools	senkani — token compression for AI coding agents	Swift · macOS · MCP	Shipped	—	live · code
Tools	terminalHelper — a searchable terminal command reference	Go · Bubble Tea · SQLite	Shipped	terminalHelper.html	code
Tools	luminaryTeam — a 39-expert multi-agent technical review framework	Prompts · Multi-agent · Claude	Shipped	—	live · code
Tools	nonprofitEventPlanner — run a whole youth trip from your phone	Rails 8 · Hotwire · Postgres	Local	nonprofitEventPlanner.html	private
Tools	customCMS — BookEngine: one brain, many book storefronts	Go · SQLite · Claude	Local	customCMS.html	private

Regenerating spec previews

Card thumbnails in previews/ are baked screenshots of each spec's masthead:

for f in chord eigen fugue kern lui realbook regel samen streng taal customCMS nonprofitEventPlanner; do
  npx playwright screenshot --viewport-size=1200,760 --wait-for-timeout=1600 "$f.html" "previews/$f.png"
done

External projects (no local spec) use hand-built inline SVG previews in index.html.