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MoonTale: Kids Bedtime Stories
A parent-controlled AI bedtime story maker that lets children become the hero of a calm, personalized story.
Independent maker / Shanghai
FIELD NOTES 01 · 2026
SAMPSON'S PERSONAL MOSAIC
Turning ideas
into real things.
I am Sampson, an independent developer. I turn fuzzy problems into useful apps, web products, and small records of everyday life.
WHAT I PUT TOGETHER01—04
FROM A BLANK PAGETO SOMETHING REAL
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PRODUCTS / NOTES / FRAMES
NOW
Currently shaping LightYet: Body Fat Tracker, while leaving room for the next idea.
Recently seen: small frames from the road ↗ Make something together ↗01 / NODES · WORK
Every project is
a concrete answer.
LightYet: Body Fat Tracker
A private diary for weight, body fat, meals, calories, and progress photos with optional AI meal support and nutrition plans.
Open project ↗ 03
Centee
A personal finance tracker for manual, voice, and receipt-based records, with budgets, bills, and optional AI insights.
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Private Camera & Vault
An Android privacy photo tool combining temporary camera, auto-delete, private albums, and gallery cleanup.
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SoundBase
Explore 50,000+ radio stations and 4.6M+ podcasts, from music and news to sports and talk shows.
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BloomStep: Walk & Grow
Use Apple Health steps, distance, and active time to grow a living garden and make every walk visible.
02 / ASK SAMPSON · AI
Ask about the
things I make.
A small interface to my projects, process, and the ideas behind them.
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03 / FRAMES · PHOTOS
Step away from the screen,
put life back together.
01 Yanji / Tumen Yanbian and Tumen, Along the Border
Between Yanji's street life and Tumen's border landscape, a different rhythm of Northeast China.
02 Dandong Dandong, River Wind and a Border City
Walking along the Yalu River and recording a quieter, open side of Dandong.
03 Shenyang Shenyang, Between Old Streets and New Blocks
From historic buildings to lively streets, a record of Shenyang's steady and vivid urban texture.
04 / POSTS · WRITING
Writing the process down
makes the problem clearer.
01/22/2026
Dev Notes: From Idea to First Usable Version
How I control the scope of a first version while leaving room to adjust during implementation.
01/15/2026
Small Products Deserve Serious Design
Scale is not the only way to measure product value. Restraint can be harder than abundance.
01/08/2026
Why I Rebuilt a Personal Website
A space outside social platforms for work, thoughts, and fragments of life.