The Lab

30 Projects · 30 Days

One tool shipped every day for 30 days. Each one live. Each one solving a real problem.

The Lab is a constraint. Finish before you post. Ship something real. No half-built demos, no mockups, no 'coming soon.' Every project is a live URL that does something useful — for founders, developers, or anyone who needs a fast answer to a specific question.

Day 01 / 30

GradeMyWebsite

grademywebsite.arcane-studio.comAudit Tool · SEO · Performance

Problem Most founders have no idea how their site actually performs. PageSpeed exists but it's clinical and jargon-heavy. GradeMyWebsite gives you an honest audit in 10 seconds — performance, SEO, accessibility — with a grade that actually means something and a direct path to fixing what's broken. How it works 1. Paste any URL — no account, no signup, no friction 2. 10-second audit — load speed, SEO signals, accessibility score, mobile readiness 3. Grade + context — not just a number, a actionable output with a direct CTA to fix it

Vanilla JSLighthouse APINetlify

Day 1. Live. Used to grade arcane-studio.com before launch.

Day 02 / 30

Startup or Feature?

startup-or-feature.arcane-studio.comAI Tool · Idea Validation · Founder

Problem Most startup ideas are features in disguise — a wrapper around an API, a niche add-on, a slightly better version of something that already exists. Founders waste months on ideas that were never companies. This tool scores your idea on 8 real criteria and tells you the truth. How it works 1. Describe your idea — one paragraph, no deck required 2. 8-criteria scoring — market size, defensibility, monetization, timing, competition, technical moat, distribution, founder fit 3. Verdict + scorecard — downloadable, shareable on LinkedIn

Claude APIVanilla JSRailway

The most shared Lab tool. Founders use it before talking to investors.

Day 03 / 30

Stack Detector

stackdetector.arcane-studio.comDev Tool · Tech Intelligence · Competitive Research

Problem You land on a competitor's site and you want to know exactly what it's built with. DevTools gives you fragments. BuiltWith gives you noise. Stack Detector gives you a clean read — framework, analytics, hosting, CDN, payments — plus an estimate of what it costs to run every month. How it works 1. Paste any URL — no login, instant scan 2. Full stack read — framework, analytics, hosting, CDN, payment provider, marketing stack 3. Cost estimate — monthly running cost based on detected stack

Custom scraperAnthropic APINetlify

Most technically complex Lab tool. Used internally to audit client stacks before proposing rebuilds.

Day 04 / 30

Palette Extractor

palette.arcane-studio.comDesign Tool · Colors · CSS

Problem Designers see a site they love and spend 30 minutes eyedropping colors one by one. Palette Extractor does it in 2 seconds — every color on the site, named, categorized by role, with CSS code ready to copy-paste. How it works 1. Paste any URL — we fetch the full HTML + CSS 2. AI extracts and names every color (not just "blue" — "Stripe Electric Blue") 3. Categories — primary, accent, background, text 4. CSS code — ready to paste into your project

Claude HaikuCSS ParserNetlify

Used by designers at Arcane before every brand project. Fastest tool in the Lab — 1.6s average.

Day 05 / 30

Moodboard Generator

moodboard.arcane-studio.comCreative Tool · AI · Branding

Problem Building a moodboard used to take a full day — searching Pinterest, collecting screenshots, organizing colors and fonts. This tool generates a complete creative direction from a sentence. How it works 1. Describe your project in a few words 2. AI generates the creative direction — mood, textures, typography, layout approach 3. AI-generated images that match your vision 4. 5-color palette with named colors + font pairing

Claude SonnetPollinations AINetlify

The first tool we use at Arcane when starting a new brand. Now free for everyone.

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