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I'm James Colbourne.

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I'm a 17-year-old high school student from Ontario, Canada , launching ideas , and creating open-source projects to make the world a better place.

Sonata

A free, open source, self-hostable music streaming application.

Launched in 2024
Technologies Used: React, Next.js, Express, TypeScript, Drizzle, shadcn, TailwindCSS

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nexTab

A simple, yet useful Chrome new-tab extension to provide additional personality to your browser.

Launched in 2020
Technologies Used: React, Vite, TailwindCSS, Bun, TypeScript, ElysiaJS, Drizzle

Visit nexTab

Luminate

Create fully-automated, AI-generated videos with Luminate in minutes

Launched in 2024
Technologies Used: React, Next.js, Express, TypeScript, Drizzle, shadcn, TailwindCSS, Cloudflare AI, Remotion, Kokoro

Techode

Techode is a Youth Organization within Ontario that promotes digital literacy for High School and University students alike.

Launched in 2024
Over 270 Students Reached!: Follow on Instagram @techodeca

Visit Techode

Operation GIVE

Durham Regional Police Service's Youth In Policing food drive, tracking and facilitating over 3,400 food donations to Durham Outlook for the Needy!

Launched in 2024
Total of 3,444 Item Donations!: Each of these donations are helping someone in need in the Durham Region!
Technologies Used: React, Next.js, TypeScript, shadcn, TailwindCSS, PocketBase

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Inspare

We make applications designed to improve your daily workflow, such as nexTab, InspareVPN, and much more!

Launched in 2020
Over 1,000 Users Reached!: On the Chrome Store, our extensions have been able to accumulate over 1,000 users!
Technologies Used: SvelteKit, Bootstrap, TailwindCSS, Node, Vercel

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InspareAI

A ChatGPT-like general purpose LLaMA AI chatbot.

Launched in 2023
Technologies Used: React, Next.js, TailwindCSS, Cloudflare Workers

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Charla

Charla is a free and simple to use Instant Messaging Platform.

Launched in 2021
Technologies Used: Express, Socket.io, Node, Firebase, jQuery, Bootstrap, Electron