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The engine
Low-level foundations for drawing, interaction, and new visual worlds.
Veda / 2026Independent software studio + open-source lab
We build the engine,the tools, and the systems.
From rendering runtimes and creative agents to self-hosted mail, databases, and server operations—Veda builds software meant to survive beyond the demo.
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03product territories
OSSsource-led proof
System map / live
Render · Agent · Data · Mail · Infra
A BESTMAA lab · Built by Aditya Nandlal
Scroll to enter the atlas ↓01 / Selected work
Proof lives in the product.
No placeholder case studies. This atlas is built from the public software, releases, architecture, and documentation already shipping under BESTMAA.
02 builds
The tools
Local, reviewable tools that extend how developers and creators work.
04 builds
The systems
Self-hosted products and control planes with explicit trust boundaries.
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Creative engine
v1.26.0Released
↗Raw2D
A low-level 2D rendering engine with a pipeline you can actually see.
Browser-first, Canvas-first, and WebGL2-ready. Raw2D keeps Scene → RenderList → Batcher → Buffer → Shader → DrawCall explicit, modular, and testable.
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Self-hosted system
Active buildActive build
↗Veda Mail
White-label webmail that lets organizations keep their provider choice.
A self-hosted webmail client—not a mail server—with Stalwart JMAP and standard IMAP/SMTP adapters, protected setup, organization branding, and two-factor authentication.
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Creative tool
v0.7.0Released
↗Codex Blender
A local bridge from structured commands to real Blender scenes.
Codex or a terminal can create, inspect, transform, render, save, import, and export through a small local bridge. Blender stays on your machine; the workflow stays reviewable.
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Data control plane
v0.2.1Released
↗DBMason
Guarded database access without pretending to be the database.
A self-hosted PostgreSQL and MySQL access control plane for restricted accounts, lifecycle controls, engine-native metrics, audits, and a guarded read-only workspace.
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Developer platform
MVPMVP
↗Apiagex
A headless CMS and API platform for products with real workflows.
An evolving platform for schema-generated APIs, an admin UI, role-based access, API tokens, custom routes, workflows, and optional isolated multi-tenancy.
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Infrastructure tool
Open sourceOpen source
↗ServerSathi
Typed, audited server operations instead of a raw shell in the browser.
A Payload and Next.js control panel that inspects listening ports and performs explicit server actions over an SSH worker boundary.
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Developer tool
v0.1.0Private beta
↗Qunta
A review-first desktop coding-agent foundation with local workspace control.
A Tauri shell, React workspace, Rust safety layer, local Codex runtime, and private LLM gateway—built around visible actions, approvals, diffs, and recoverable edits.
02 / Capabilities
What we can build together.
Each capability is backed by working product architecture—not a list copied from an agency template.
Product engineering
From architecture and product flows to the interface, data model, permissions, tests, and release path.
Evidence in the work
- Qunta
- Apiagex
Creative tools & runtimes
Rendering foundations, visual systems, automation bridges, and tools for people who build worlds.
Evidence in the work
- Raw2D
- Codex Blender
Self-hosted platforms
Software that respects ownership, provider choice, operational boundaries, and deployment reality.
Evidence in the work
- Veda Mail
- DBMason
Infrastructure & automation
Explicit operations, protected control planes, Docker delivery, and systems your team can inspect.
Evidence in the work
- ServerSathi
- DBMason
03 / Builder methodUnderstand the system.
Understand the system.
Verify the reality.
The interface is not the product by itself. We follow the boundary all the way from intent to running software.
01 / map the system01Understand
Find the real users, trust boundaries, constraints, and the smallest honest product.
status: complete02 / shape the foundation02Design
Make the architecture readable, modular, testable, and ready for the next capability.
status: complete03 / release the product03Ship
Turn the foundation into a useful interface, documented deployment, and reviewable release.
status: complete04 / prove the reality04Verify
Test the actual boundary—browser, server, database, renderer, or desktop—not just the happy path.
status: completeREADY_TO_BUILD
04 / Build journal
Notes from inside the system.
Engineering field notes grounded in the choices, trade-offs, and trust boundaries of real Veda builds.
Graphics Engineering
Keeping the 2D Rendering Pipeline Visible
Why Raw2D keeps scene data, renderers, batching, buffers, shaders, and draw calls explicit instead of hiding the path from an object to the screen.Creative Tooling
Structured Local Automation for Blender
How Codex Blender turns scene creation, asset work, inspection, rendering, and export into explicit local commands without pretending that 3D creation is a one-shot operation.Self-Hosted Systems
Designing Trust Boundaries in Self-Hosted Webmail
Veda Mail is a self-hosted webmail client, not a mail server. That distinction guides its provider boundary, setup flow, credential handling, sessions, and deployment model.Infrastructure Engineering
A Database Control Plane That Respects the Source of Truth
Why DBMason keeps control-plane metadata in SQLite while PostgreSQL and MySQL remain authoritative for catalogs, principals, grants, and engine behavior.05 / Start a build
Have a system that deserves to exist?
Bring the difficult part: a product idea, an operational problem, a creative tool, or a platform that needs a real foundation. We will bring builder mode.