What is Works Locally?

Works Locally is a small collection of apps and experiments built with one simple idea: build useful software quickly, locally, and for the joy of making things.

With the rise of AI-driven coding agents and modern developer tools, I can rapidly build and deploy:

• small web applications,
• practical mobile apps,
• fun little desktop tools,
• or just random ideas-because why not? :)

The idea for Works Locally came to me while I was sitting in a hospital, tending to my mom. I had a laptop, an internet connection, and access to an LLM-based coding agent. With nothing else to do, I started building.

Within a few hours, I had a decently polished mobile app: Pain Recorder — an offline pain-tracking app focused on privacy and simplicity.

Works Locally is where these kinds of projects live.

Who Am I?

I’m Nishant—an experienced independent full-stack software engineer.

Over the years, I’ve worked across:

• backend systems and APIs,
• front-end web applications,
• DevOps and cloud infrastructure,
• mobile app development,
• and a few now-forgotten big data technologies.

Today, I enjoy building professional, focused software products — especially tools that work offline, respect user privacy, and solve real problems without unnecessary complexity.

You can learn more about me and my work on my personal website: https://naishe.in