Hayward Labs
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The experimental division of Hayward Imagination Company

Where ideascome to life.

Hayward Labs is where the company's ideas get built. From a PLC on a plant floor to an app on your phone, if it runs on software, it starts here.

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PLC ladder logic, CAN bus, AS-Interface, Profibus, iOS, macOS, watchOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Swift, SwiftUI, C, C++, C#, Embedded C, Python, TypeScript, WebGL, Cloudflare Workers, Docker

What this is

Hayward Imagination dreams it up. Hayward Labs makes it real. When an idea comes in, or a new app shows up with our name on it, this is the branch that built it. We write the ladder logic, the firmware, the server, and the app, and we care just as much about the pixel you tap as the wire it came from.

5layers of the stack, bus to glass
7platforms we ship to
14projects on the shelves below
1person. Keep scrolling.

Full range

From the bus to the glass.

Most studios pick a layer. Labs works the whole stack, so the thing you hold and the thing that moves are designed by the same head.

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    GlassWhat you touch

    iOSiPadOSmacOSwatchOSAndroidWindowsWeb

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    AppsWhat it thinks

    SwiftSwiftUIFlutterTypeScriptReactPythonC#

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    SystemsWhat keeps it running

    LinuxCC++DockerCloudflareTailscale

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    ControllersWhat makes it move

    PLC ladder logicStructured textHMI screensEmbedded C

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    Field busWhat carries the signal

    CAN busAS-InterfaceProfibusI/O

Live, in your browser

Don't take our word for it. Push the button.

These are working simulators, built for this site. A conveyor run by real ladder logic, and a CAN bus you can put your own frames on.

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Booting simulator…

How it works

Idea in. Product out.

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    Send the idea

    A sentence on a napkin or a finished Figma file. Both are welcome, and more detail gets a better answer.

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    Free analysis

    We read it, poke holes in it, and tell you plainly what it would take to build. No charge for that part.

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    Prototype

    A working thing you can tap, click, or wire up. It's the fastest way to learn if the idea holds.

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    Build

    Real code, tested on real hardware, held to a written quality standard that we publish.

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    Ship and stay

    The App Store, the web, or the plant floor. Then we keep it running and keep making it better.

  6. Your move

    Got something nobody's built yet?

    Send it to the lab

The shelves

Shipped, brewing, and classified.

All work →

Shipped

Out the door and in people's hands.

TestFlightiOS

Kuya

A polished iPhone client for Hermes Agent. Pair it in one scan.

Open file →
Private betaLinux · Web

Kuya Cloud

Hosted Hermes agents for friends and family. Invite, tap Connect, done.

Open file →
BetamacOS · Windows · Linux

Kuya Pair

A signed desktop companion that installs Hermes and pairs your phone.

Open file →
Client previewWeb

Sweetwater's Donut Mill

A full website redesign for a three-shop bakery, with an owner studio for posting specials.

Open file →

In the workshop

On the bench right now.

In developmentmacOS · iOS

Loadout

See what every AI agent on your Mac has equipped: skills, plugins, servers, hooks, and what they cost you.

Open file →
Step 0macOS · Linux

Ambient

A voice assistant for one room. Talk, and it answers out loud.

Open file →
PrototypemacOS · Windows

Kip & Co.

An AI staff pack for solo founders that runs on their own computer and subscription.

Open file →

Idea vault

Sketched, scoped, waiting their turn.

ScopediOS

Second Drawer

An on-device visual memory. Photograph it once, find it forever.

Open file →
ScopediOS

Tubetastic

A discovery companion for people who are tired of the same ten videos.

Open file →
ResearchwatchOS

Focus on the wrist

ADHD support that lives on Apple Watch, built from real research first.

Open file →

Classified

You'll hear about these when they're ready.

ClassifiedWeb

Project F

A factory floor that fits in one file.

ClassifiediOS · Linux

Project H

A money brain that never leaves the house.

ClassifiedLinux

Project N

A server that fixes itself at 4 AM.

The making of

Watch this site get built from nothing.

A full walkthrough is in the edit. It covers the idea, the design, the shader behind the hero, the simulators, and the deploy.

In the edit

Premieres soon

The making of haywardlabs.dev

The team

So who's in the lab?

A site like this usually takes a studio. Here's the org chart.

Team size

1

Every pixel, shader, simulator, and server here was designed and built by one person, Brandon Hayward. No agency. No contractors. That's what Labs is for.

Open for ideas

What should we build next?

Apps, controllers, tools, or something without a name yet. The analysis is free.

Submit an idea →brandon@haywardlabs.dev