trichIQ
DevelopmentMeasures hair growth and compares photos, so it becomes clear what a routine actually does.
trichiq.com ↗Independent since 2024.
Ankarina doesn't go under.
A workshop for software, for sound and for printed pages. Everything computes locally, nothing phones home, and what gets finished should still run in ten years.
Stance
An anchor, not an engine.
The anchor is right there in the name Ankarina. It stands for software you need to be able to trust, because the stakes are real: health data, an ongoing therapy, records that still have to be right years from now.
- Collects no more data than it needs.
- Explains what it does.
- Stays understandable.
- Respects people instead of measuring them.
What runs, what grows, what is taking shape.
- 01 In development Health
Brustkrebs-Kompass
An app that walks along through breast cancer therapy. Food, symptoms, blood values, medication, plus a report to bring to the doctor. The data stays on the phone, nobody reads along.
- 02 Live Culture
A.N.K.A.
Original music you can listen to right on the site, with no streaming service in between and no ad trackers.
- 03 Live and TestFlight
App Studio
Three iOS apps are out or nearly there: trichIQ, Astraleria and Propheterie. All of them work on the device itself, none asks for an account.
- 04 Coming, autumn 2026 Knowledge
Books and editions
Two books about Nostradamus, a novel and a non-fiction one. The Propheterie app belongs with them and makes all the quatrains searchable. Both are self-published.
- Volume I: novel
- Volume II: non-fiction
- iOS app Propheterie
App Studio.
Three apps already have their own websites. All of them do their work right on the device, none needs an account. More are on the way.
Astraleria
DevelopmentAstrology that computes on the iPhone instead of a server. Chart, timing and synastry, no account.
astraleria.com ↗Propheterie
LiveReading sources instead of fortune-telling: all the Nostradamus quatrains with their sources, ready to search and cite. Runs entirely on the device.
propheterie.com ↗ 03 / Principles
Principles before features.
- 01 Local-first where it makes sense.
- 02 No tracking by default.
- 03 Understandable output instead of black boxes.
- 04 Privacy by design.
- 05 Regulated spaces deserve good interfaces.
- 06 Fewer projects, built with more care.
- 07 Software is allowed to be quiet.
Ankarina Lab
Notes, analyses and experiments on AI, regulation, data protection, health and software design.
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Article 50 applies from today. The AI labelling duty, read practically.
Since 2 August 2026 the AI Act requires that artificially generated content is recognisable as such. Who has to label, who does not, and why nobody has to disclose their tools for it. A reading from studio practice.
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What 'EU Hosting' Actually Means in Law. Location, Jurisdiction, and Where Schrems II Still Bites.
A server in Frankfurt is not automatically GDPR-compliant. Data location and legal reach are two different things. A clarification for studios that want to use the term honestly.
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The European Accessibility Act for Small Providers. Who It Covers and What It Actually Asks For.
Since 28 June 2025 the EAA applies, transposed in Germany as the BFSG. For small providers the more useful question is not how onerous it gets, but whether the law applies to them at all. A short clarification.
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GDPR Article 25 in Practice. What Privacy by Design Actually Demands When You Mean It.
Privacy by Design is not a marketing phrase in the GDPR; it is a duty. Article 25 requires concrete technical and organisational measures, and supervisory authorities check whether the decisions taken are documented and defensible.
05 / Manifest
Why things are built this way here
Not every piece of software has to get faster, louder and hungrier for data. Some tools should simply run quietly, last long and show what they do.
Read the manifesto →