Software on your side.

For problems big companies won't touch.

One app shipping — Two in the studio — Founded 2025.
01 / Thesis Why a studio, why now.

Most software still asks humans to bend to the machine. We think the arrow should run the other way.

AI is a leverage event, not a product category. A small team can now tackle problems that used to require a company — and do it with more care, not less.

So we pick problems that big companies won't touch, build tools that respect the humans using them, and ship.

Then — 1995
The internet gave anyone a voice that could reach millions.
Now — 2026
AI gives anyone the software team to match.

Product.

02 / Shipping today
Shipping Security — macOS

StoryPass™ — passwords for humans.

A menu-bar app that writes your password as a tiny story — one you remember after a single read. Built for NIST's current guidance: length over complexity. Never goes online. No setup, no subscription, no ads.

127B
combinations
Native
macOS
Zero
data collected

English only.

The StoryPass popover open under its icon in the macOS menu bar, in dark mode, showing a generated story password — “Cleopatra is juggling on the rooftop”, 36 characters — with reroll buttons for Character, Action and Place.

In the studio.

03 / Two in progress
Closed preview Security

Provar.is

Send the suspicious text, e-mail, voice note or WhatsApp screenshot. Get a verdict, the evidence behind it, and a document you can show someone else.

Brazil — Portuguese provar.is
Beta Community

Congrego

For small church groups in Roraima: attendance, minutes and reimbursements for the leaders; the Sunday program by QR code for everyone. Built for a 4G that drops.

Pilot — Rorainópolis, RR
04 / Writing Essays from the studio.

Writing.

All essays →
Planned — 01

Why StoryPass doesn't tell you your password is strong

On zero-evaluation and why strength meters are security theater.
Soon
Planned — 02

Software you won't yell at

Notes on enterprise software's war on your attention.
Soon
Planned — 03

The thesis, expanded

What we mean by “problems big companies won't touch.”
Soon
05 — Contact

Get in touch.

For project work, advisory, press, partnerships, or a question about a product. We read every email.

hello@discerne.co
We answer within a day.