A small studio.An open mind.
We’re MindZone, an independent studio in Dubai. We turn curious ideas into thoughtful software.
Small by choice. Curious by nature.
Product. Design. Engineering.
MindZone is an independent studio led by Mahdi Salmanzade, a software engineer based in Dubai.
The work moves between mobile apps, developer tools, and the systems underneath them. A tiny frustration can turn into a weekend experiment. An experiment can turn into something people use every day.
Product, design, and engineering happen at the same desk. The details stay connected, and there’s always someone who knows why a thing was made that way.
Small by choice. Curious by nature.
Ideas we’ve put into the world.
A few things from our studio: apps to bring people together, help creators find their voice, and make room for a little play. Each starts with an idea we want to see through.
PingRoom
Live · v1.5.3Less typing. More being there.
Dinner’s ready. I’m outside. The build needs a yes. Send the moment to everyone who needs it, with one tap in a shared room.
- One-tap signals & replies
- Shared live updates
- Nearby public Rooms
iOS · Android · Web · Apple Watch
A little signal. A shared moment.Now shipping: PingRoom 1.5.3 on iOS and Android. Nearby Rooms, smarter Quick Pings, and a preview before you go live.Release notes 
Your next take starts here.Takery
Open iPhone betaFrom ‘I have an idea’ to ‘that’s a take.’
Turn a reel, a format, or a rough idea into a script that sounds like you. Record with the teleprompter, add a reaction or captions, and keep every take on your phone.
- 01Find your spark
- 02Make it yours
- 03Hit record
iOS TestFlight · Android beta list
TapTime
Web demo liveA few seconds. A lot to argue about.
A timing game for the table. The clock disappears; you count in your head and try to stop on the target. Try a solo warm-up in your browser.
iPhone & Android coming soon
More from the studio
AppleApps
Live editorial websiteAn independent guide to apps worth a closer look. Curated lists, new finds, and stories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Find your next appProudU.AE
Live · FreePhoto frames, branded posts, and wallpapers celebrating the UAE. Free to make, in English and Arabic. Your photos stay in your browser.
Make something yoursFresh from the workbench.
PingRoom’s latest release. New ways to stay in sync on the web. And a few open experiments we couldn’t keep to ourselves.
Checked
Explore the whole labLaravel audits, with evidence
Hack Auditor 2.3 adds a deterministic scan that needs no AI key, keeps uncertain findings separate, and exports reports for code review.
See what changedA webhook with something of its own to say
Forms, builds, and automations can send their own Ping without borrowing a Quick Ping button. Live on the web and in the incoming-webhook API, with Pro.
See how it worksA little sunlight. A lot of curiosity.
Sun-Ray Lab explores light passing through cut-letter sculptures in an interactive WebGL experiment. The source is open for a closer look.
Explore the experimentBring your people into the Room
Invite people you already share a private Room with, directly inside PingRoom. The invitation waits for their answer. Available in the browser app.
Read the updatePingRoom 1.5.3 is here
Find public Rooms nearby, let Quick Pings collect a link or location, and preview live updates before sharing. Now on iOS and Android.
See what’s newMake room for another Codex account
MultiCodex 1.0.0 keeps work, personal, and client accounts side by side on one Mac, with separate local profiles. An independent open-source utility.
Meet MultiCodex
Curiosity, with the source attached.
Some ideas become products. Others become a tool someone else can build on. These are the things we’ve opened up along the way.
All the public workShowing 19 projects
Everyday experiments
Small tools, useful companions, and a few curious detours.
MultiCodex
macOSKeep work, personal, and client Codex accounts side by side on one Mac, with separate local profiles. An independent utility.
v1.0.0Sun-Ray Lab
WebGLPlay with sunlight passing through cut-letter sculptures in an interactive GPU ray-tracing experiment.
ExperimentOdysseus Mobile
MobileA native mobile companion for a self-hosted Odysseus workspace. Requires the companion server.
BetaClaude Usage Mobile
MobileFollow Claude usage, history, and pace on iOS or Android. Requires a Mac running the companion server.
Public betaBeatsBar
SwiftPowerbeats Pro 2 battery and on-demand heart-rate sessions in your Mac’s menu bar.
v0.1.0glyph-cli
ShellA terminal playground for the Nothing Phone’s Glyph LEDs. No SDK required.
v1.0.0
Agents & intelligence
Ways to put models, tools, and people to work together.
Meta Muse teardown
ResearchPublic research into a macOS agent’s integrations, permissions, and data flows.
Published researchCrosstalk
JavaScriptOne problem. Four terminal coding agents. One coordinator bringing the work together.
ExperimentGrokForge
RustAn inspectable Grok terminal agent, built in Rust with explicit approval boundaries.
Pre-releaseMCP-Dubai
PythonDubai and UAE public data and source-dated knowledge, within reach of AI agents.
Alphahippo
GoAn LLM client with memory, multiple providers, and cost tracking in one Go binary.
v1.0.0
Developer foundations
The useful pieces we want other builders to have.
iPhone Duo skill
Agent skillA coding-assistant reference for adapting existing apps to changing screens, layouts, and window sizes.
Open sourceLaravel Vulnerability Lab
PHPA deliberately vulnerable Laravel app for learning and testing security scanners. An educational lab, not a production app.
Research lablaravel-hack-auditor
PHPEvidence-backed Laravel security scans, with deterministic checks, AI-assisted analysis, and reports for code review.
v2.3.0Hack Auditor Action
GitHub ActionBring Laravel security findings into pull requests, with a deterministic mode and clear reporting when scans are incomplete.
v2.1.0laravel-realm
PHPA small, opinionated foundation for multi-tenancy in Laravel.
Open sourceexpo-pcc
SwiftA typed Expo bridge for exploring Apple’s Private Cloud Compute.
ExperimentalExpo Telegram Login
TypeScriptNative Telegram sign-in for Expo apps on iOS and Android.
v1.0.0Expo SDK 57 skill
Agent skillA version-pinned, offline Expo reference for coding assistants.
Open source
The things we won’t ship without.
The products do different jobs. These beliefs travel with all of them.
Make room for real life.
People have things to do beyond a screen. Good software helps them get there with less effort and fewer interruptions.
Care about the small things.
The reply from a watch. The script that sounds like you. The setting that’s easy to find. A product is the sum of these moments.
Keep it understandable.
Clear interfaces, readable systems, and choices people can control. Complexity is ours to work through.
Leave something useful behind.
Share what can be shared. Document what matters. Make tools that another curious person can pick up and take further.
Your idea could be next.
We also build with founders and small teams. You work directly with the person designing, writing, and shipping your software.
Tell us about itProducts people use
Mobile and web, from the first sketch to the version someone installs. Interfaces, subscriptions, widgets, and all the small details in between.
PingRoom · TakeryAgents that help
Connect AI to useful tools, real data, and the people who make the decisions. Thoughtful permissions and clear handoffs included.
PingRoom Agents · MCP-DubaiSolid foundations
APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure that make sense to the next person working on them. Built to run, and built to hand over.
Laravel Hack Auditor · Crosstalk
Something on your mind?
A product you can’t stop thinking about. A problem worth solving. Or just a hello. We’d love to hear it.
hi@mindzone.tech