Our vision
A digital ecosystem that fades through its efficiency to make way for the authentic flourishing of each person's individuality. Not just another tool — a companion that understands you.
A scientific and holistic approach
Shinkofa cross-references disciplines that are usually kept apart — neuroscience, cognitive psychology, Human Design, astrology, numerology — to build a unique multidimensional profile. Where conventional tools reduce you to a label, Shinkofa maps your singularity across all its dimensions.
More than ten systems brought together
Each system sheds a different light. Together, they reveal a complete portrait that no one else gives you.
Digital that adapts to you
Reduced cognitive load interface, respected pace, no prescriptions. Every interaction is built so you never have to fight the screen.
An assistant that knows you
Shizen, your personal assistant, draws on your holistic profile for genuinely personalized conversations — not generic answers.
The origin
An independent project, born from an observation and carried without a team or a budget.
The observation
A year ago, I looked at the list of browsers I had tried. Almost all of them. Eight set up, some paid versions, and still not satisfied.
Every time, a trade-off: multimedia, or separate accounts, or ergonomics, or performance. Never all at once.
Around me, my loved ones felt the same frustration. Except they believed the problem was them. It wasn't. None of these tools is bad, but each one makes an ergonomic choice for you, once, instead of adapting to who you are.
The spark
Then I tried a browser with almost no flaws, and above all an open one. I opened a notebook to write down my frictions, and I relaxed: I knew I could fix them myself.
I didn't tell myself “I'm going to build a browser”. I told myself “I can finally relax”. Then: “it isn't normal to settle for the least bad.”
The motivation
I want a digital world that adapts to humans, not the other way around. I spent too long in a digital world that hurt me more than it helped, and I see the same frictions weighing on everyone's ability to realign.
Nobody should need to know how to code to have a browser that fits them.
I'm building it without a team and without funding, with an AI as a working partner. It replaces neither rigor, nor the late nights, nor starting over many times.
Today, the flame is back. Whatever happens, I will see it through, and I will tell the story of the journey honestly.
The inspiration
Monozukuri
The Japanese art of making, where quality is not one more step: it is the identity of the maker.
Open software
Knowing you can fix yourself what rubs you the wrong way changes everything. It is what let me relax, then get started.
The people around me
Those who long believed the problem was them, and for whom I build.
Made by “The Ermite”, assisted by Takumi (AI chatbot)
Who is behind Shinkofa?
Jay · The Ermite
The Ermite is a dancer, graphic designer, coach and gamer. He started directing code in November 2025, with an AI as a partner, with no developer training. He builds Shinkofa alone, without a team or funding.
I created Shinkofa to understand myself. Then for Ange. Then for my children. And along the way, I realized that millions of people were waiting for the same thing.
Shinkofa was born from a personal need: understanding why existing tools never worked for a brain that thinks differently. No diagnosis, no label — just an ecosystem that maps your uniqueness and accompanies you with respect.
What guides us
Radical honesty
No empty promises. We name the difficulty when it's there, and we build on it.
Invisible technology
When you flip a switch, the light turns on. You don't think about electricity. That's what we want to build.
Respecting your rhythm
No prescriptions, no 'you should.' Everyone moves at their own pace, according to their energy.
Who is it for?
Shinkofa is for anyone who wants digital tools that adapt to them, not the other way around.
- People who fight their screen every day
- People sensitive to noise, light and density
- Minds full of ideas who love to explore everything
- People curious about how they work
- Anyone who doesn't fit into conventional boxes
Our roots
Sankofa
An Akan concept: 'Go back and fetch what you left behind.' Reconnecting with your true nature to move forward.
Bushido
The way of the warrior: discipline, honor, respect. Rigor as a path to freedom.
The Force
Intuition as a guide. Trusting what you feel, not just what you think.
Our mission
To offer everyone an ecosystem that understands them, respects them, and walks alongside them — without pressure, without judgment, at their own pace.
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