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Chicago, USA

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Austin BairdDesign Engineer

Projects

Apps, small tools, and experiments I build to test ideas in the browser.

WatchbookLog a Movie

Watched 41Backlog 0Upcoming

41 Viewings

Wild Horse Nine2026 · 1h 57mComedyCrimeThrillerA3M—

The Parent Trap1998 · 2h 8mComedyFamilyRomanceA4M—

Wildwood2026 · 2h 12mAnimationFantasyAdventureA3M—

Backrooms2026 · 1h 51mHorrorMysterySci-FiA4M—

You Can See Everything2026 · 2h 54mDocumentaryA4M—

Whalefall2026 · 1h 46mThrillerA4M—

Resident Evil2026 · 1h 35mActionHorrorSci-FiA4M—

Hope2026 · 2h 40mActionDramaHorrorA3M—

Juno2007 · 1h 36mComedyDramaRomanceA4M—

Coyote vs. Acme2026 · 1h 43mAnimationAdventureComedyA4M—

Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026 · 2h 25mActionAdventureSci-FiA3M—

The Invite2026 · 1h 47mComedyA5M—

Your Year41 Total

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Personal project

Watchbook

My movie and TV diary. I log what I watch, rate it, keep a backlog, and track episode progress.

Experiments

2 projects

Astronaut in a white spacesuit floating in black space. Photo by NASA on Unsplash.
Earth from orbit, with clouds over the African continent. Photo by NASA on Unsplash.
Night sky packed with stars. Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash.
Dark green textured moss. Photo by Kristaps Ungurs on Unsplash.
Collage Field
A grid collage of photos, dither shaders, and open space you can shuffle and export.
canvas
generative
interaction
widowsbay.town
Widow’s BayCome Ashore Before Dark
The real Widow’s Bay welcomes the cameras
Town News · Special ReportTown Featured in New Apple TV Series
A History of Widow’s Bay
1980s – The Boogeyman Murders
The official investigation remains closed. The Historical Society’s file does not.
Widow's Bay
An early-internet portal for a remote New England island whose official history leaves a few things out.
prototype
retro web
worldbuilding

Austin Baird

Design engineer in Chicago

austin@hiaustin.co