Ben Zavadil

Ben Zavadil

Product Builder

I build things

Projects

CapLock product screenshot

CapLock

Fintech · Enterprise · AI

Equity compensation software for teams who need the math to be auditable rather than approximate.

The bedside audio player on a nightstand, showing the time on its e-ink display

Bedside Audio Player

Hardware · Software · Product Design

A local-first bedside audio appliance — Raspberry Pi, e-ink display, a rotary knob and three preset buttons. Deliberately no touchscreen.

JumpSeat product screenshot

JumpSeat

Aviation · Mobile · Community Data

Crowdsourced airport and airspace reports, written by the pilots who just flew them.

MUSTER title art with pixel-art characters

MUSTER

Gaming · Consumer · Game Design

Minesweeper meets dungeon crawler — the numbers hide monsters and the tiles hide your soldiers.

PixelWall pixel art maker preview with a colorful pixel sunset

PixelWall

Creative Tools · Game Development · Web App

A browser-based pixel art studio for layered drawing, animation, seamless tiles, and engine-ready exports.

Canopy product screenshot

Canopy

AI · Context Systems · Interaction Design

Keeps the branches of your thinking — decision forks, intent, discarded options — so picking a problem back up does not mean rebuilding it from memory.

FlowState Archery product screenshot

FlowState Archery

Sports · Web App · Consumer

Paperless scoring for archers and clubs: score arrows, track groups, run tournaments with live results.

Writing

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