Really bullish on @QLensPro $QLENS Three quantum algorithm engineers — Brian, Dan, and Michael kept designing and optimizing quantum circuits. And they kept running into the same problem: the tools for understanding what quantum algorithms actually do were terrible. You could run a circuit and get an answer, but you couldn't see why that answer emerged. You couldn't watch the interference happen. You couldn't develop intuition for why certain paths cancel and others amplify. So they built their own tool. For themselves. Just to get the work done. Then they kept using it. Then they looked at each other and realized: if this helps us, it probably helps everyone else trying to do what we do. That moment — internal tool → realization of broader value is the origin story of every piece of infrastructure that actually mattered. - Unix came from Bell Labs employees wanting a better way to work. - Git came from Linus Torvalds needing to manage the Linux kernel. - Python came from Guido van Rossum building something he wanted to use over Christmas. QLens comes from three engineers who needed to see quantum interference and built the thing that let them. $QLens is a quantum algorithm visualization and reasoning environment. It runs in your browser. It does not require quantum hardware. Thirteen algorithm modes are currently implemented. - The Quantum Fourier Transform - Phase Estimation - Amplitude Estimation - Time Evolution - Shor's Algorithm - HHL - QAOA - QSVT ...