# zimventures.com > AI-optimized mirror of zimventures.com containing 25 pages totalling 11,703 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://zimventures.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-16T07:17:26.650Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Tools & Projects](/content/site-root.html): Zimventures builds professional websites and custom web applications for small businesses. Explore our tools, projects, and the Granite hosting platform., Zimventures builds and hosts custom Django web applications, with a focus on multi-tenant SaaS, small-business sites, and AI-assisted shipping. (100 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [blog/detour-and-year-in-review/index.html](/content/blog/detour-and-year-in-review/index.html) (1 words) - [blog/chiptune-challenge/index.html](/content/blog/chiptune-challenge/index.html) (1 words) - [What the Text-To-ASCII Generator Does](/content/blog/text-to-ascii-a-free-browser-based-ascii-art-generator-with-500-fonts.html): ASCII art isn't a relic of the '90s — it's thriving in Discord servers, GitHub READMEs, code comments, and Slack channels everywhere. We built a **free,… (1,217 words) - [resume/index.html](/content/resume/index.html) (1 words) - [The Brochure Problem](/content/blog/your-website-should-run-your-business-not-just-describe-it.html): For a long time, small business owners had two real choices when they wanted a website. Pay a few thousand dollars for a brochure-style site that just… (1,495 words) - [Granite — Web Hosting Platform](/content/granite/index.html): Granite is the web hosting platform behind every Zimventures website. Fast, secure, mobile-responsive sites with SSL, analytics, and newsletters included. Serving businesses across Southern New Hampshire and New England., Granite is the Zimventures managed Django hosting product: SSL, deploys, backups, monitoring, and a real human on call. (943 words) - [Sprint 4](/content/blog/zixel-sprint-4/index.html): Sprint 4 took a little bit of an unexpected detour. I started working on adding some core features to the room system. Notably, transition effects… (935 words) - [The 9-Box Grid - Why Every Leader Needs This Talent Assessment Tool](/content/blog/the-9-box-grid-a-leaders-guide-to-talent-assessment.html): The 9-Box Grid - Every Leader Needs This Talent Assessment Tool (1,095 words) - [Sprint 2 Overview](/content/blog/custom-tilemap-system/index.html): Sprint 2 is in the books! The second sprint of this project was focused on developing a custom tilemap system. Every 2D engine needs a way to render… (831 words) - [The Problem With “Just Use Mailchimp”](/content/blog/why-were-building-a-custom-newsletter-platform-for-our-clients-and-how-ai-made-it-possible.html): A brief overview of why Zimventures is building a custom newsletter platform for its small business website customers. (1,179 words) - [The Vendor—An Introduction](/content/blog/vendor-intro/index.html): In the last few years, I’ve worked with a couple of game engines: GameMaker and Godot. They both were great engines to work with. Being able to… (737 words) - [Building vs. Buying](/content/blog/build-vs-buy/index.html): Throughout my career, I’ve held several positions as a software engineer. When developing an in-house solution, the “Build vs. Buy” argument was always a… (706 words) - [Sprint 3](/content/blog/zixel-sprint-3/index.html): The third sprint of Zixel is in the books and went by quickly!In just one week, I was able to tackle: (415 words) - [Nooooooo!](/content/blog/lolrus/index.html): Build The Tool You Need. Introducing: lolrus (351 words) - [Django All The Way!](/content/blog/a-new-beginning-take-two/index.html): Re-Re Launch of my personal blog (456 words) - [Zim’s Browser Workflow](/content/blog/browser-tab-zero/index.html): If you're an Inbox Zero fan - have you considered becoming a Browser Tab Zero fan? (438 words) - [Chiptune Challenge 2026](/content/projects/index.html): Selected projects from Zimventures — custom Django applications, small-business websites, games, and side experiments. (82 words) - [[Your Website Should Run Your Business, Not Just Describe It](/content/blog/your-website-should-run-your-business-not-just-describe-it/index.html)](/content/blog/index.html): Articles from Zimventures on web development, hosting, custom applications, and the tools we use to ship them. (375 words) - [Secure your connections.](/content/cleat/index.html): Cleat is a native cross-platform SSH/SFTP desktop client. One-time purchase, no subscription, no cloud, no telemetry. macOS, Linux, Windows., Cleat is a desktop SSH/SFTP client from Zimventures. Saved sessions, tabs, drag-and-drop file transfers, and a license system that respects your privacy. (156 words) - [What I Do](/content/about/index.html): Who runs Zimventures, what we build, and why we ship web applications instead of just describing them. (111 words) - [Features](/content/dungeon-rustlers/index.html): Dungeon Rustlers — a side-scrolling dungeon-crawl game built at Zimventures. (36 words) - [Zim's Word Game](/content/zims-word-game/index.html): Zim's Word Game is a free, browser-based daily word puzzle. New puzzle every day, no app to install, no account required. (25 words) - [C++ tutorials and guides](/content/tutorials/index.html): Free tutorials and write-ups from Zimventures, organized by language and engine. (16 words) - [sitemap-xml.html](/content/sitemap-xml.html) (1 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives