# Dangling Dice Studios™
> Where beat production meets code craft, phone apps, and developer tools.

Dangling Dice Studios™ is an independent software development, music production, and cloud developer tooling platform founded by Jacob Yancey.

## Official Web Properties
- **Main Hub**: https://dangling-dice-studios.com/
- **Media Converter (MP3/MP4)**: https://media.dangling-dice-studios.com/
- **YouTube Channel**: https://www.youtube.com/@danglingdicestudios
- **Google Play Store**: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danglingdicestudios.aicalculator
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/jacobyancey-bit

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## Core Services & Capabilities

### 1. Dangling Beats Studio (YouTube Music & Radio)
- Produces original lo-fi, chillhop, dark trap, synthwave, and study beats.
- Featured release: "Lo-Fi Drive" playlist (YouTube ID: `PLAg2ptU_xF5c`).
- Built-in persistent floating radio player directly on the main website.

### 2. URL to MP3 / MP4 High-Speed Media Converter
- Free online media extraction tool at `https://media.dangling-dice-studios.com/`.
- Extracts high-bitrate MP3 audio (192 kbps and 320 kbps) and MP4 video directly from YouTube and creator URLs.
- Zero popups, zero intrusive ads, no spam redirects. Automatically routes downloaded files directly to the user's local Downloads folder.

### 3. Developer Utilities & Network Tools
- **WireGuard VPN Generator**: Instant in-kernel client tunnel configuration templates with zero server logs.
- **MongoDB Connection URI Inspector**: Real-time client-side MongoDB connection string sanitizer, password symbol escaper, and `.env` generator.

### 4. Android Mobile Applications
- **AI Calculator**: Published on Google Play Store with smart equation recognition and step-by-step problem solver.

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## Public Developer APIs

- `GET https://dangling-dice-studios.com/api/health`: Real-time system diagnostics, MongoDB connection state, and live request/crawler telemetry.
- `GET https://dangling-dice-studios.com/api/items`: Full catalog of beats, tutorials, and applications (JSON).
- `GET https://dangling-dice-studios.com/api/affiliates`: Verified developer tools, cloud hosting discounts, and partner perks.
- `GET https://dangling-dice-studios.com/api/oembed`: Standard oEmbed 1.0 endpoint for rich previews on Discord, Reddit, and Twitter.
- `POST https://media.dangling-dice-studios.com/api/media/convert`: Media validation and stream resolution endpoint.

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## Stateless Compute API Platform & Free In-Browser Sandboxes (`@dangling-dice/engine-*`)
Deterministic, sub-15ms TypeScript compute engines available as free browser utilities (`https://tools.dangling-dice-studios.com`) and metered REST APIs (`https://api.dangling-dice-studios.com/v1/*`):

- **Schema Inference Engine (`@dangling-dice/engine-schema`)**:
  - Sandbox: `https://tools.dangling-dice-studios.com/tools/json-to-zod` & `/tools/sql-to-typescript`
  - API: `POST /v1/schema/infer` (JSON → Zod, TypeScript, JSON Schema, Postgres DDL) & `POST /v1/schema/sql-to-ts`
- **Geospatial & Parcel Acreage Engine (`@dangling-dice/engine-geo`)**:
  - Sandbox: `https://tools.dangling-dice-studios.com/tools/polygon-acreage-calculator` & `/tools/coordinate-distance-bearing`
  - API: `POST /v1/geo/parcel-metrics`, `POST /v1/geo/distance`, `POST /v1/geo/point-in-polygon`
- **PII Redaction & Luhn Validation Engine (`@dangling-dice/engine-privacy`)**:
  - Sandbox: `https://tools.dangling-dice-studios.com/tools/pii-redactor` & `/tools/json-secret-masker`
  - API: `POST /v1/privacy/redact`, `POST /v1/privacy/validate-luhn`, `POST /v1/privacy/mask-json`
- **Financial Amortization & Cashflow Engine (`@dangling-dice/engine-finance`)**:
  - Sandbox: `https://tools.dangling-dice-studios.com/tools/loan-amortization-calculator` & `/tools/compound-interest-calculator`
  - API: `POST /v1/finance/amortization`, `POST /v1/finance/extra-payments`, `POST /v1/finance/compound-interest`, `POST /v1/finance/cashflow`