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Octane Type

Feb 14, 2026

Started while learning touch typing and noticing that most typing tools measure speed better than they explain improvement.

A typing practice tool focused on letter-level accuracy, mistake patterns, and feedback loops instead of only showing a final WPM score.

Context

Octane Type is a typing practice tool built around feedback quality — not just a final WPM score.

Problem

Most typing tools optimize for speed. That number is useful, but it hides the actual friction: which letters slow you down, which combinations feel unnatural, and where errors repeat across sessions.

Product

Octane Type keeps the typing surface clean while putting analytics underneath:

System Architecture

Octane Type splits the experience into two layers:

The interface stays simple because the useful complexity lives in the analytics layer — turning raw keystroke data into patterns a user can actually act on.

Current State

The analytics layer is ahead of the personalization layer. The next step is generating practice prompts that adapt to each user's repeated mistakes instead of only reporting them after the fact.

Aadarsh Srivastava

By Aadarsh Srivastava

Product-minded frontend engineer interested in the gap between what people need and what software lets them do.