David Vinkenroye
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Work

16 things I have built, run or am still working on. Some I use every day, some are in beta and a few are still concepts. Each page tells the story and shows what it is built with.

Products

Software I designed and built, from tools only I use to apps other people can try.

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Lodestar

Working prototype

An iPhone and iPad app that sets up a Sony camera from one sentence and takes the shot.

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Neonduck

Beta

A personal AI assistant that does everything online for you and can even make calls.

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Dbrain

Private tool, in daily use

Self-hosted memory for my AI assistants: verbatim records on a home NAS, served over MCP.

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Lightbox

Private tool, in daily use

AI photo sorting for a self-hosted library, with keep scores and duplicate stacks.

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Emineon OS

Beta

An AI-native ATS and CRM for recruiters, with CV parsing, matching and a copilot.

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Romandy CTO

Live

The bilingual platform behind a peer network of senior tech leaders in Romandy.

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Babytalk

Working prototype

An iOS app that tells stories and sings songs to young children in a parent's voice.

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Retouch Studio

Working prototype

Bulk AI photo retouching for a whole shoot, with presets and a zip download.

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Family recipe website

Live

An interactive family recipe website with search, cooking checklists and scaling.

Ventures and platforms

Companies and communities, plus the sites and systems I built for them.

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Emineon

Live

A consulting and talent company with an English and French site and a daily blog.

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Rive Foundry

Live

My workshop in Geneva, and this website, where I keep track of what I build.

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Haystack

Live

A Swiss-led tech recruitment agency that finds the right engineer or tech leader.

Concepts

Ideas I am still working on. None of them has launched yet.

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77

Concept, in progress

An ongoing concept: a Geneva AI strategy and engineering consultancy.

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Van Roye

Concept, in progress

An ongoing concept: a titanium cuff from Geneva with a push-to-talk voice assistant.

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Miradouro

Concept, in progress

An ongoing concept: a quiet-luxury retreat on Portugal's Green Coast.