Achieving with Dr. A

Achieving with Dr. A LLC · Learning software, shipped in public

Building AI-powered tools for critical thinkers

Illustration reading Building AI Powered Tools for Critical Thinkers, surrounded by a laptop, charts, games, and learning tools in red, pink, cream, and chocolate

Achieving with Dr. A is an independent product studio. We design, build, and ship interactive learning software: daily games, creative pipelines, simulators, and practice environments that put judgment ahead of dependency.

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40+apps built and shipped
3flagship products in active development
100%built in the open, live on the web
0installs required, everything runs in the browser

Flagship products

Software you can open right now.

Every product below is live. Click through and use it.

Daily game

Outnumbered by Dr. FunFacts

A daily number puzzle with a fun fact behind every answer, hosted by a cartoon guide. Built for streaks, shares, and the kind of curiosity that makes math sticky.

Play today's puzzle
Creative pipeline

Panel Pipeline

A comic and graphic novel studio that turns a story into finished panels, one step at a time. Used by writers, hobbyist creators, and instructors, with a full educator hub.

Open the studio
Practice environment

AI Role Play Practice

Rehearse a hard professional conversation with an AI partner, then get coached on how it went. Practice the stakes before the stakes are real.

Start a scenario
akesha.github.io/outNumbered
Outnumbered daily puzzle screen with Dr. FunFacts
Outnumbered by Dr. FunFactsPlay it live
Panel Pipeline comic studio interface
Panel PipelineOpen the studio
AI Role Play Practice scenario screen
AI Role Play PracticeStart a scenario
DAIL structured AI-response audit
DAILRun an audit
Git Playground state model simulator
Git PlaygroundTry the simulator
SYLLABUS://OVERRIDE cyberpunk classroom game
SYLLABUS://OVERRIDEEnter the game
Veiled reflective tarot practice app
Veiled · A Reflective Tarot PracticeDraw a card
Algebra Invaders arcade math game
Algebra InvadersPlay a round
The AI Study Stack guide, showing its five color-coded layers for studying with Gemini Notebook, Gemini, and ChatGPT
The AI Study StackBuild your stack
Video thumbnail: I Made an AI Graphic Novel. Turning It Into an Anime Got WeirdVideo · Build log · 17:44
Panel Pipeline, on cameraWatch on YouTube
Video thumbnail: Meet Dr. A, coding, coaching, and reality TVVideo · Origin story · 2:49
Meet Dr. AWatch on YouTube
Video thumbnail: The Bird, an animated parrot and its ownerVideo · Comedy skit · 2:10
The BirdWatch on YouTube
Video thumbnail: Blue Hour Remix music video stillVideo · Music · 3:26
Blue Hour RemixWatch on YouTube
Video thumbnail: If I don't do it, then I haven't failed at it, a quilling studio at nightVideo · Storytelling · 13:53
A Real-Life Princess Gave Me Her NumberWatch on YouTube
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The Lab

The product line keeps growing.

A selection from the full catalog of shipped builds. Each one is a working piece of software, not a demo.

AI literacyDAILA structured audit of an AI response, so users judge output instead of accepting it. SimulatorGit PlaygroundAn in-browser simulator of the Git state model. Voice AIVoice Agent AcademyA no-code walkthrough of a modern voice AI agent in seven modules. Game designSYLLABUS://OVERRIDEA cyberpunk game engine that turns a syllabus into a five-protocol heist. Reasoning toolThe Tutor That Refuses to AnswerA civic reasoning tool that pushes the thinking back to the learner. Course toolsInteractive Canvas PluginsEleven self-contained course tools, built to WCAG 2.2 AA. ComputingTerminal TutorAn in-browser guide to the terminal for first-time users. Generative mediaAnimated Character Field GuideAn interactive guide to building an AI character who stays consistent. Study skillsThe AI Study StackTurns Gemini Notebook, Gemini, and ChatGPT into a study partner that answers only from your course material, with citations you can check. AppSolar System ExplorerAn animated solar system with real relative orbital speeds. Pause it, speed it up, toggle orbits and labels, click Earth to explore, or zoom out to the galaxy. ArchiveFull galleryOver 40 apps and growing, searchable, with design notes.

How we build

Small team, modern stack, fast cycles.

The studio's method: learn the new technology in public, by building something you care about. Widen who it works for. Send back a map.

Ship on the open web

Every product runs in the browser with no install and no login wall. Static-first architecture, edge-friendly, built to scale from one user to a viral day.

AI in the build and the product

We develop with agentic AI tooling and design products that teach people to use AI with judgment. The tools model the literacy they teach.

Accessibility as a feature

Products are built to WCAG standards from the first commit, because software that widens who it works for wins more users.

Build, document, repeat

Each build ships with an essay on why it exists and what broke along the way, published on the studio's newsletter and YouTube channel.

Founder

Akesha M. Horton, Ph.D.

Dr. Horton leads faculty development and AI integration across two campuses at a large research university, and brings more than fifteen years of learning design experience across eight institutions in two countries to the studio's products. She builds in public, and every product above shipped with the essay and the broken parts documented.

A mathematics undergraduate turned learning scientist, she holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy and is a Fulbright-mtvU alumna whose fellowship examined hip hop, digital culture, and global citizenship.

Contact

Build with us, or just say hello.

Partnerships, press, pilots, and product feedback all land in the same inbox.

contact@achievingwithdra.com
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