Builder Collective
Built with intention.
spikenard (νάρδος) — costly oil poured out in worship
Spikenard is a collective of builders who believe software should be crafted with care and shared generously. We craft tools, platforms, and open-source projects.
Featured Work
What we're building
Scrybe
A multi-tenant school management platform for Sierra Leone. Grades, attendance, payments, announcements, and parent communication — all in one place. Built with SvelteKit and SQLite.
flags.zig
A type-safe command-line argument parser for Zig. Inspired by Rust's clap and TigerBeetle's flags — zero runtime overhead, comptime parsing, subcommands via union(enum), and zero dependencies.
monimejs
Lightweight TypeScript SDK for the Monime payments API. Full type safety, retry logic with exponential backoff, idempotency keys, and 12 resource modules. Published on npm.
tip
A self-hosted password manager and task manager built with Zig. Offline-first, with architecture docs and a clear development roadmap.
About
Crafted, not assembled.
The name comes from the costly oil poured out by Mary in the Gospels — an act of devotion marked by intention, beauty, and sacrifice. Its fragrance filled the room.
We carry that same philosophy into our work: build carefully, refine relentlessly, and create things worthy of being shared. Everything we ship is made with intention.
Inspired by the artisans of Exodus 31, who were filled with wisdom, understanding, and skill to build something worthy, we believe the best software comes from treating code as craft.
We believe good software is carefully designed, patiently refined, and generously shared. Not everything needs to move fast. Not everything should be optimized for attention. Some things are worth building well. That is the spirit behind spikenard.
Our Values
What we believe
Crafted with care
Every decision is deliberate. We sweat the details because the details are where quality lives. No shortcuts, no half-measures.
Open by default
We share our code, our process, and our lessons. Open source isn't a strategy — it's how we believe good software should be made.
Built to last
We choose boring technology over hype. We write tests. We document. We build things that work today and still work a year from now.
The work speaks.
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