An independent product company

Odd ideas.
Serious software.

A one-person product company with a curious streak.
I build useful software, put it out there, and keep what works.

See what’s out in the world

The workshop is open

One builder.
6 products on the go.

Meet Oddly

Big hat.
Bigger to-do list.

Made with intent. And a little mischief. Based in Canada · Building for everywhere

01 / Out in the world

Live, or about to be.

Good ideas.
Now with a URL.

Built around everyday friction.
Made to get out of your way.

Live

Your next website is already a doc.

Turn a Google Doc into a website. Publish a portfolio, a blog or a knowledge base from an editor you already know, and keep writing where you already write.

  • Publishing
  • Google Docs
Explore DocaLive (opens in a new tab) docalive.com · Opens in a new tab
Type in the doc. Watch the site.
Written in a doc. Ready for the world. Illustrative preview
Opening soon

Good products start with a real need.

See what people are already searching for, whether that demand is growing, and which products answer it. Less guessing, more evidence. Opening soon, and the waitlist is open.

  • Discovery
  • Software demand
Explore Demand Watch (opens in a new tab) demand.watch · Opens in a new tab
It starts with “I wish…” Illustrative ideas

I wish my scattered notes could organize themselves.

  • Productivity
  • A problem worth exploring
No wishes yet. Be the first.

I read every one before it goes on the wall.

Still on the workbench.

Good things take a few iterations.
Growing

Scribbit

A quieter home for your notes.

Take a closer look

A desktop-first notes app built around quick capture, offline access and privacy by default. The assistant is a rabbit. Think Clippy, but genuinely useful.

Started Sep 2026

In development

HireUs.lol

Serious talent. An unserious URL.

Take a closer look

A talent marketplace where the people are the listings. Show what you’ve done, get discovered, and let the companies looking for you do the finding.

Started Aug 2026 · hireus.lol (not open yet)

Growing

GrowX

From scattered ideas to a campaign.

Take a closer look

A workspace for growing on X: plan campaigns, shape posts, and learn what actually connects, one post at a time.

Started Sep 2026

FeatureBlocksReusable features for software builders. On pause

Whole product workflows, from billing to authentication, that install into the stack you already use. Taking a breather while I work out its next chapter.

Nothing retired yet. When something is, it gets a row here and an honest note about why.

02 / The method in the oddness

Curiosity is the starting point.

Play with the idea.
Care about the details.

“Oddly” leaves room to explore.
“Serious” means the work gets done properly.

01

Start with a real itch.

Something that should be easier. A small frustration, a missing tool, a “why does this take so long?”. Ideas that start there tend to be worth finishing.

02

Build it properly.

No deliberately half-built MVPs. If it’s worth launching, it should feel finished: designed, tested, and ready to be judged fairly.

03

Put it into the world.

A launch starts the conversation. Real use shows what matters, what’s missing, and what deserves another iteration.

04

Keep what earns its place.

Some products grow. Some change direction. Some go back on the shelf, with a note about why. The point is to keep making useful things, and keep learning.

One person. Short distance between idea and action.

03 / Lately

Newest first.

Small steps.
Written down.

Notes from the workbench: starts, launches, fixes, and the occasional regret.

  1. Oddly Serious

    Started this website. It’s a one-pager with a backend. You’ll see why.

  2. Scribbit

    Sign in with Apple and Google works. Out to the browser, back through scribbit://.

  3. Scribbit

    Started Scribbit. It has a rabbit.

  4. Demand Watch

    Nobody gets in until they confirm their email. Fewer bots. Fewer ghosts.

  5. GrowX

    Started GrowX. X sign-in, a daily account sync and a growth dashboard.

  6. DocaLive

    Failed queries no longer carry their values into the production log. Unglamorous. Important.

Show older notes (4)
  1. Demand Watch

    Started Demand Watch. Stop guessing what people want.

  2. FeatureBlocks

    Started FeatureBlocks. Whole product workflows, not UI kits.

  3. HireUs.lol

    Started HireUs.lol. People are the listings. Jobs come second.

  4. DocaLive

    First commit on DocaLive. Google Docs in, websites out.

Oddly sitting on a black block, quietly working on a coral laptop.
Head of getting things done.
Also the only one with a hardhat.

04 / The company behind the hat

Small by design.
Curious by default.

Oddly Serious Inc. is an independent product company, built by Akshay Desai in Canada. That’s me.

I started as a developer, moved into product design, and never really stopped doing either: ten-plus years of building SaaS, from the first sketch to production. By day I lead product design at a SaaS company. Oddly Serious is what I build the rest of the time.

It’s a home for the tools, experiments, and occasionally odd ideas that deserve a chance to become something useful. One person building. One mascot keeping an eye on things.

Based in
Canada
Team
One person, plus AI
On the go
6 products

It’s 10:44 pm here in Canada (Eastern). I’m probably still building.

Domains The ones I’ll admit to (4)
  • oddlyserious.companyThe one that holds all the others.
  • docalive.comDocs, alive. It says what it does.
  • demand.watchA .watch domain for a product that watches. Obviously.
  • hireus.lolSerious talent. Unserious URL.
Akshay DesaiFounder & builder, Oddly Serious Inc.

05 / Say hello

Read by a person.

Say hello.

Using something I built? Have an odd idea, or want to back or buy one of these? Tell me. I read everything.

One thing: I don’t take client work. This isn’t that kind of company.

What’s this about?
Spam goes nowhere. Real messages go to me.

There’s always another good idea.

Still curious.
Still building.

Find your next useful thing

A game, obviously

Oddly Stack