The idea
An Orb is a tiny packaged application that:
Think of them as micro-products—small enough to build quickly, useful enough to share.
Why "Orbs"
The name suggests something small, self-contained, and complete.
Like a marble or a sphere—simple geometry, no unnecessary
complexity.
The process
Identify a pain point
Something annoying in your daily workflow
Design minimal solution
What's the smallest thing that would help?
Build with AI
Leverage AI for unfamiliar tech stacks
Ship it
Package, release, move on
Kick off an Orb, let AI grind through the details, you do the creative part.
Philosophy
Orbs embrace:
Speed over perfection
Ship it, iterate if needed
Focus over features
One job, done well
Sharing over hoarding
If it helped you, share it
Learning over expertise
Build in languages you don't know yet
Anti-patterns
Orbs are NOT:
If it needs a roadmap, it's not an Orb.
Building your own Orbs
The barrier is low. Got an idea? Spend an evening with AI. See what happens. Maybe you'll ship something useful. Maybe you'll learn a new stack. Either way, you win.