Anukari 1.0 is out. Reflections on three years of full-time work, from leaving Google and a broken shoulder to first sound and full polyphony.
Evan Mezeske
Jun 2026
The licensing API is done. The plugin sends a machine fingerprint plus license key and the server signs it back, a simple lock on the front door.
Aug 2024
Six hours fighting next-auth.js to get email and password login working for product registration, since the docs push everyone toward OAuth.
Jul 2024
After boost's interval library threw baffling singleton exceptions in my GUI fuzz tests, I replaced it with a 25-line Interval class that just works.
Plugged in the ROLI Seaboard and MPE just worked, two notes bending in opposite directions. Also switched the new website from App Engine to Cloud Run.
With code signing done and the macOS port shelved for now, I'm back on voice-instanced physics, running parallel instrument copies in OpenCL.
Wrestling with code signing bureaucracy, from Apple Developer verification and D-U-N-S numbers to picking a Sectigo certificate for Windows binaries.
Jun 2024
Anukari has a built-in tuner now. After wading through GPL-licensed and broken pitch estimation libraries, I settled on cycfi's q, fast and stable.
May 2024
Grinding through pre-alpha chores like window position saving, a recent presets menu, open source license credits, and LLC paperwork.
Feb 2024
Surveying no-code tools for the sales site and hating it. Lock-in, revenue cuts, and $1k/year for a custom product registration domain.
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