The journal.
- 4 min readAug 06, 2026MVP is finally live, and I'm proud of it: update #7
At the end of July, I decided to put everything into finishing one of my flagship projects. A docs editor I started building back in May, vibe-coding my way thr…
- 4 min readAug 04, 2026Subscription check: what I'm paying now, and what's coming
We're in the second half of the year, which means it's time for my subscription audit. I already cut a lot of this last year and thought I'd landed on something…
- 3 min readAug 02, 2026Hitting my Claude weekly limit again. Another pivot to balance life and work.
It's been another intense week. I didn't realize how much I'd been doing, mostly building out the docs editor app and overhauling the website . Then, Friday mor…
- 6 min readAug 01, 2026Single focus works: update #6
A week ago, I told myself I'd stop scattering my attention across five projects and give my flagship product 80 percent of my time. Real focus. Looking back, I'…
- 3 min readJul 31, 2026I need a social media content plan, and I suck at planning it
I finally centralized everything into one dashboard . All the content, all the platforms, one place to see it all. I am feeling very organized for about five mi…
- 5 min readJul 30, 2026My 90s action movie watchlist for August
Sony is about to wipe 551 StudioCanal movies and shows from PlayStation libraries in Europe and the UK on September 1, citing an expired licensing deal. No refu…
- 4 min readJul 29, 2026I built a directory, probably four years too late, but I don't care.
I can already hear you. Who, in their right mind, still builds a directory in 2026? Fair question, because I did exactly that. And I also built this a month ago…
- 4 min readJul 27, 2026One app, all my focus in August: update #5
I didn't expect to write another update so soon, but here we are. It's Monday, July 27, and I'm freakin' hyped about this one. But it needs some context first,…
- 5 min readJul 26, 2026Hitting my weekly Claude limit for the first time. That wasn't the real problem.
I've been talking about Claude AI a lot on this blog lately. But this one's worth writing down properly, because it caught me off guard. Claude has been the big…