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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LABSOFTWARE × AI

Make software
understandable
again.

Rediscover software engineering
from first principles in the age of AI.

Explore the research
START WITH A QUESTION.BUILD TOWARD UNDERSTANDING.
01 / RESEARCH

Better questions.
Deeper understanding.

Four directions for exploring how software is created, understood, and evolved. Open questions, not finished answers.

R.01

Naive Programming

What would programming look like if we started again—with human intent and AI as part of the foundation?

RESEARCH DIRECTION
R.02

Software Understanding

How can we make a system’s behavior, structure, and reasoning easier to inspect and explain?

RESEARCH DIRECTION
R.03

Software Digital Twin

Could a living model help us understand a system and reason about changes before making them?

RESEARCH DIRECTION
R.04

Spatial Software Engineering

What might we discover by exploring software through space, relationships, and multiple perspectives?

RESEARCH DIRECTION
02 / EXPERIMENTS

Ideas meet reality.

Small, concrete software projects. A place to build, observe, and learn.

P.01

MySheet

Prototype

A native iPad workspace for sheet music and rehearsal. Browse local scores, annotate with Apple Pencil, and bring practice tools, recordings, and notes alongside the music.

iPadMusic & practiceLocal-first
P.02

YouTube Downloader

Prototype

A standalone macOS utility for saving video and audio. A focused desktop workflow for link analysis, format selection, and downloads, with its engine bundled inside the app.

macOSDesktop utilityLocal build

Experimental projects in active development. Public downloads are not yet listed.

03 / THE LAB

Stay curious.
Start from first principles.

Naive Lab is a research laboratory for the future of software engineering in the age of AI. We connect research questions, working prototypes, and evidence.

“Naive” is a willingness to ask the basic question again. To examine assumptions. To let what we learn change what we build.

Kai Wang Founder & Chief Scientist

01 Question02 Hypothesize03 Prototype04 Gather evidence05 Revise
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