David Torosyan

David Torosyan

Software engineer. I build things and put the fun ones here.

// Web apps

JavaScript

A zoomable jigsaw map for learning the neighborhoods of Los Angeles County.

JavaScript

A phone-first guide to theories of consciousness: take a quiz to see which families of theories you lean toward, then browse categories, schools and theories.

JavaScript

Sing into your phone and see the note, how many cents off you are, and a live waveform.

TypeScript

A test of the Stroop effect (naming the ink color of a color word) in multiple languages.

// Libraries & tools

Python

Turns the Lexicon Urthus, the companion to Gene Wolfe's Urth Cycle, into a Kindle dictionary you can look words up in while reading.

// Just for fun

Python

Generates vanity license plates for a word and checks which are still available at the CA DMV. A collaboration.

Python

A Wordle solver bot, with a test mode to see how it does on any word.

Python

Predicts a March Madness bracket by scraping team stats and simulating every game. Probably no better than random.

Jekyll

Write-ups of puzzles I've enjoyed: 100 prisoners, the super lottery, a guessing game.

// Userscripts

JavaScript

Adds a "Toggle width" button to wiki pages that are too wide to read comfortably.

// Open source