2013–2023 · The portfolio editions
Growing up on the web.
From a teenage freelance portfolio to a site filled with client work, the old editions trace a decade of learning to make things for the screen.
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Namanyay Goel’s collected work2012–2025Design, code & a little curiosity
2020–2021 · Design & development
A world called Nataco.
The studio’s illustrated world survives, right down to its original 3D hero animation.
Revisit the studioA life in the making
28 creations, in the order they happened.
2012
At fourteen
November 2012 · Web experiments
Clas
A single-page website, written in plain JavaScript at fourteen.
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November 2012 · Design & development
Sympl.css
A responsive CSS starting point that later powered Webstiles.
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Finding a visual language
January 2013 · Design & development
Webstiles
A way to sketch a website’s visual language directly in the browser.
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June 2013 · Web experiments
Windows 95, in CSS
Four colored squares recreate a familiar piece of computing history.
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c. 2013 · Web experiments
MusiCose
A sideways-scrolling website for a fictional band from Mars.
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c. 2013 · Web experiments
MinSlide
An early JavaScript experiment in moving from one image to the next.
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October 2013 · Games & puzzles
KeyZen
A typing game with a pastel keyboard and a very practical motivation.
Read the storyNamanyay Goel.”From the 2013–2014 homepage
2013–2014 · Design & development
The freelance years begin
An early portfolio introduces a teenage designer already working on MakeUseOf.
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School, teams & open source
c. August 2014 · Design & development
Agrobot & Cropstor
Two agricultural product concepts, complete with interfaces, branding and motion.
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2014 · Design & development
Code Warriors
A website for the technology club at DPS Vasant Kunj.
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December 2014–January 2015 · Learning & research
Google Code-in & FOSSASIA
An early open-source notebook of utilities, tests and tutorials.
Read the story2015
Ideas become applications
February 2015 · Learning & research
Physics, made visible
Interactive simulations for ideas that are easier to understand when they move.
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May 2015 · Apps & tools
Karya
Three things to do today, with enough room to actually do them.
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August 2015 · Apps & tools
Libo
A household-budgeting concept with a complete mobile design.
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c. October 2015 · Design & development
Digital India
A mobile app mockup made for C.O.R.E.
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November 2015 · Games & puzzles
Bulls & Cows
A puzzle, an optimal strategy and a research paper written in 48 hours.
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A wider world
June–August 2016 · Apps & tools
Unexpend
A shopping search engine built to compare prices across stores.
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October 2016 · Apps & tools
PlayTogether
A shared YouTube player for watching the same thing at the same time.
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October 2016 · Apps & tools
DubMaps
The University of Washington campus, mapped through classes and events.
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Writing it down
June 2017 · Learning & research
Less Confusing C++
A free programming book written to make school coursework easier to follow.
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Designing for clients May–July 2018 · Design & development
A portfolio in motion
The portfolio grows into a full visual presentation of client work.
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Building through lockdown
June 2020 · Apps & tools
IndiaSmile
COVID-19 information alongside ways to help people through isolation.
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The studio years 2020–2021 · Design & development
Nataco
A design studio with an illustrated world of its own.
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New tools, old curiosity
March 2024 · Apps & tools
Kevin
An open-source interface for an AI software engineer.
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June 2024 · Apps & tools
AI Indians
A directory and leaderboard for India’s AI builders.
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November 2024 · Apps & tools
Air
An attempt to make the consequences of air pollution tangible.
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Working with AI
January 2025 · Apps & tools
Giga
An AI coding assistant built around understanding a whole codebase.
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January 2025 · Apps & tools
Trend Analyzer
Turning scattered online discussions into useful research.
Read the storyDates follow project history and the surviving editions. “c.” marks an approximate date; each story includes its source.