Things I built because I wanted them to exist
None of this is client work. That’s exactly why it’s here: it’s the clearest look at how I work when nobody is handing me a specification. A video editor, a project tracker, three phone apps, two desktop applications, a monitoring service, and a web product. Different platforms, different problems, the same instinct running through all of them.
The business systems, the ones that run a real company every day, live under Systems.
- Browser application
Splice
A video editor that runs in a browser tab.
A full timeline video editor with nothing to install: import footage, cut, arrange, export. It will also build a first cut on its own, finding the moments worth keeping and laying them against music.
Read the story → - Web application · Android app
Core
The project tracker that replaced a subscription.
A self-hosted workspace for projects and tasks, with a phone app and a home-screen widget. It replaced a paid tool, fits the work exactly, and costs a few dollars a month to run.
Read the story → - Android app
Pocket Juke
A music player that just plays your music.
A native Android player for music you already own. Point it at folders and it plays: no account, no ads, no subscription, no internet required.
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Nudge
Reminders that keep reminding.
A reminder app for the things that repeat all day: water every ninety minutes, medication at eight, two, and eight. It keeps at you until the thing is actually done.
Read the story → - Desktop application
Paint
A drawing application built for one artist.
A drawing app for pen and tablet, built from scratch for an artist in my family: pressure-sensitive brushes, layers, and an undo history you can branch and scrub through.
Read the story → - Monitoring service
Pulse
The system that watches the other systems.
Health monitoring for the sites and services I run. It checks that the things which are supposed to be happening are happening, alerts a phone when they aren't, and fixes some problems itself.
Read the story → - Desktop application
DISC
Proves a drive is what it claims to be.
A storage testing tool that catches fake-capacity drives, silent corruption, and hardware that collapses under load, before you trust anything important to it.
Read the story → - iOS and Android app
Pinpoint
Location sharing without the surveillance business.
A private, invite-only location sharing app for a small trusted group. No ads, no data sold, nobody in the group who wasn't invited.
Read the story → - Web application
BitSift
The article, without everything else.
Paste a link and get the actual content back: no ads, no popups, no newsletter box, no cookie banner. Email it a link instead and the article comes out on paper.
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The pattern in every one of these is the same one I bring to a business. Start with the thing that annoys you most →