About the studio

Who we are

Independent studio building products end-to-end — with the discipline of kata and the precision of haiku.

  • 2026

    Founded

  • 3+

    Projects

  • 2

    Developers

  • EN · RU

    Languages

Founded 2026·Almaty, Kazakhstan·2 developers

Why this name

Named after two ideas that shape how we build.

Haiku Studio is two developers and a clear goal: ship great products end-to-end, without the bureaucracy of larger teams or the chaos of solo work. Our name comes from two traditions we care about.

01 / 02·HAI · KU

Haiku

俳句

Minimum words, maximum meaning.

Three lines, seventeen syllables, infinite weight. Every line of code, every UI choice earns its place — or it goes.

02 / 02·KA · TA

Kata

Form. Discipline. Repeated practice.

A pattern you repeat until it becomes effortless. We refactor relentlessly and don't ship what we haven't thought through.

Story

How Haiku Studio came together.

A small studio doesn't need a long timeline — but the milestones it does have, you remember.

  1. Spring 2026

    Two developers, one studio

    Daniar and VMaiple team up to build products end-to-end — web, backend, games. The name Haiku Studio is chosen for what it implies: less is more.

  2. May 22, 2026

    haikustudio.space goes live

    Domain registered, GitHub organisation created, repository opened. The studio gets a public surface.

  3. May 2026

    First public site shipped

    Custom Next.js scaffold, dark-first design, EN / RU localisation, MDX content, project showcase, full-fledged shop with templates and bundles. Built in days, not weeks.

  4. What's nextNow

    Effigy goes into pre-production

    A 2D action roguelike in Godot 4 — dark fantasy meets biopunk. Designed with the same precision we apply to web work, just on a longer timeline.

Kata · The team

Two halves of Haiku Studio.

Kata team logo
Kata··The Team

Kata is the disciplined team inside the studio — the people who actually build the things.

Kata (型) means form, discipline, the pattern you repeat until it's mastered. We pick the right tool, sharpen it on real work, and apply it project after project. Small enough to move fast, structured enough to ship reliably.

Visit Kata on GitHub
DJ

Daniar Jabagin

Studio Lead · Full-Stack

Architecture, backend, infrastructure — makes the technical calls and keeps the studio shipping. Cares about clean systems and code that lasts longer than a sprint.

Focus

  • Architecture
  • Backend
  • Infra

Daily stack

  • TypeScript·
  • Next.js·
  • PostgreSQL·
  • Docker·
  • Godot·
VM

VMaiple

Developer

Builds features and systems across the studio's projects — web and games both. Bridges UI polish with gameplay logic, with a soft spot for tight feedback loops.

Focus

  • Features
  • Game systems
  • UI

Daily stack

  • TypeScript·
  • React·
  • C#·
  • Godot·
  • Unity·

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