COLIN TSO
I'm a Chemical & Process Engineer working on safety-critical systems in the oil & gas industry. In my own time I turn the calculations engineers normally do by hand or in paid design software into spreadsheets and free, fast, browser-based tools.
Hello, I'm Colin. My interest in code goes back to 2005, making a Flash game in ActionScript 2.0. (Flash support is gone from most browsers now, so your mileage may vary with that link.)
These days I write code to solve problems I run into as a practising Chemical & Process Engineer. I take calculations that are normally done by hand or in paid design software, and turn them into spreadsheets or free, fast, browser-based tools. This means that getting underlying engineering done right comes first.
I currently work as a Chemical & Process Engineer in the oil & gas industry, focused on safety-critical engineered systems.
Day to day that means a lot of hand calculations, spreadsheets, and design software like Aspen HYSYS — exactly the kind of rules-based work that makes for a good coding project.
Free, browser-based engineering tools built to solve real problems from my own work.
A calculator and visualiser for tube sheet layouts. Define tube OD, pitch, clearance and layout angle, and get back the tube count, a live layout sketch, and the minimum shell ID, with SVG/PNG export. Built on a standalone TypeScript module, published separately below.
The framework-free TypeScript module behind the layout math above — tube counting, tube positions, and SVG generation for tube sheets. Synced from the app's plugin source on every release, so the published module always matches what's live.
More tools in the works.
Check back soon.
Got a use case for one of my tools, an idea for a new one, or just want to talk engineering and code? My inbox is always open — feel free to say hi. I'll try my best to get back to you.
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