Building Stormlight Labs

Building Ethical Technology

In today’s digital landscape, where privacy often takes a backseat to profit, we’re taking a different approach. We’re a startup committed to making mental health support and developer education accessible through open-source technology. While many excellent companies are creating valuable applications in this space, our mission is distinct: we believe in keeping the core experience open, free, and fundamentally ethical.

Privacy and security aren’t just features for us – they’re foundational principles. In a world where personal data is increasingly commoditized, we’re building tools that respect user privacy by design. Our commitment to open-source development ensures transparency and allows our community to verify and contribute to these security measures.

Developer-First Approach

Our technical foundation is built on modern, robust technologies chosen specifically for their performance, reliability, and developer experience. We utilize Rust for performance-critical components where speed and memory safety are paramount. Our web services are powered by Golang, selected for its simplicity and strong concurrency support. When building user interfaces, we prioritize native UI libraries, occasionally incorporating Flutter for cross-platform consistency.

At the heart of our current development is an innovative Asciidoc-based Zettelkasten system. This isn’t just another note-taking tool – it’s a comprehensive knowledge management system designed to facilitate both personal knowledge collection and content creation. Whether you’re maintaining a personal knowledge base or crafting books and articles, our system is engineered to enhance your workflow without getting in the way.

The system’s architecture emphasizes extensibility, allowing users to adapt and expand its capabilities to meet their specific needs. We believe that the best tools are those that become natural extensions of your thinking process, not obstacles to it. By focusing on a seamless writing experience while maintaining powerful underlying capabilities, we’re creating a tool that grows with its users.

Join Our Journey

Building ethical technology isn’t just our mission – it’s a community effort. Good software isn’t created in a vacuum: to achieve our mission of creating software that truly serves its users, and to do that effectively, we need your voice and contributions. Join us on this journey to reshape how technology supports mental health and education.

Your insights, feedback, and contributions can help shape the future of ethical technology. Whether you’re a developer, mental health professional, educator, or someone who shares our vision, there’s a place for you in our community. We’re a Github issue and discussion post away – let’s build a better future together.