Hackathon Work
Rapid Prototypes & Competition Builds
Weekend sprints and competition builds — fast prototypes exploring AI, interaction, and the strange, lovely edges of what software can feel like.
selected builds →
Lady Lotus
creator lawyer indie developer multilingual
Working at the soft intersection of law, language, and code — building tools for the inner life and stories for the restless heart.
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✦ 01 — about
Who she is
A lawyer by training, a storyteller by instinct, and a builder by sheer compulsion — Lady Lotus drifts between courtrooms, manuscripts, and codebases, drawn to the places where human feeling meets structure.
Based in China and writing for the world, she makes quiet software for the mind and fiction for the restless heart. Her work lives where psychology, language, and engineering overlap — precise, multilingual, and unafraid of the dark.
✦ 02 — projects
Things she has made
🪷 product · ai 01 ⚡ builds · experiments 03
渡心阁
Dù Xīn Gé — AI Emotional Support
An AI companion for emotional support — a quiet harbor for the mind. Built to listen, reflect, and hold space when the right words are hard to find.
cross the threshold →
🐺 fiction · serial 02 Caelvorn Series
English Werewolf Romance · Dreame
A serialized English-language werewolf romance — instinct, loyalty, and longing beneath a cold moon. Ongoing, chapter by chapter on Dreame.
read on Dreame →
✦ 03 — daily notes
Fragments from Cask
A curated drift of psychology, attention, and inner weather — gathered by Cask. Not prescriptions, just little fragments worth turning over in the hand. The full collection lives in the Reading Room. 🌙
The nervous system keeps better records than memory. The body remembers what the story forgets.
— Cask, on the body
Boundaries are not walls. They are the grammar that lets a relationship stay legible.
— Cask, on distance
Most anxiety is a future rehearsed too many times. Attention is the only thing that lives in the present tense.
— Cask, on attention
Healing rarely arrives as catharsis. More often it's the slow lowering of a guard you forgot you were holding.
— Cask, on repair
✿ A little disclaimer — all notes reflect personal, subjective views and curated reflection only. Nothing here is professional, medical, or psychological advice. Read it as inspiration, never as instruction.
enter the reading room → 🍬 Psychology Candy · 🧭 Cask's Field Notes · 🌙 essays
✦ 05 — say hi
Let's talk
For collaborations, conversations, or quiet correspondence — the door is always a little open.
✉ [email protected]Bluesky — @ladylotus.net (window chatter)