Analog Analogues

I’ve started collecting apps and tools that capture the some of feeling of making something IRL. These are (presumably) built with AI coding agents, but the better ones also come from people who (presumably) know a thing about how their analog analogues work.

Jackson Greathouse Fall’s Inkdrum simulates Riso printing (though without, yet, the satisfying ka-chunk of prints coming out of the machine):

Sami Smith’s Clipart Studio, my favorite so far, nails the feeling of making collage, using public domain sources!

I think Ky Decker’s guestbook qualifies here too. Simple, brilliant, so much fun.

A growing list …