When a ChatGPT sync bug made my Mac the source of truth
A ChatGPT projects sync bug left my desktop app and the web client disagreeing about reality, so I treated one Mac as the source of truth and reached it remotely.
My writings
Dispatches from a life spent online.
Why I finally deleted NotePlan
NotePlan looked perfect on paper, but the interface kept getting in the way. Dropping it for a simple 4‑app stack made work feel lighter and tasks easier to manage.
Gamifying Cardiac Rehab with Habitica
How I use Habitica to turn cardiac rehab and daily routines into an RPG: a 6:40 circuit as a Daily, WHOOP recovery as XP, and a shutdown ritual quest.
A CSS Hover-Reveal Pattern for Technical Specs
A CSS-only hover-reveal pattern for Gate Seal specs, with keyboard focus fallback, that keeps core numbers visible and tucks extra context behind intent.
ABM landing pages for maritime cybersecurity
Using the Blackhole Networks case to show what changes when you stop treating industrial cybersecurity buyers like generic SaaS traffic and start designing ABM landing pages on purpose.
From hobby banknote app to an enterprise AI pitch
A hobby banknote recognition app with a React Native + Expo camera pipeline grew into a serious AI intake tool and a pitch to a major currency grading company.
Why Littlebird Sits At The Center Of My AI Stack
I cancelled my separate AI subscriptions and centered the stack on Littlebird, with a Mac Studio as a sovereign AI hub and a single context loop.
A 4‑Week Jump Rope Protocol for Cardiac Conditioning
A 4‑week jump rope protocol using YaoYao, WHOOP heart-rate zones, and Todoist to give cardiac patients a controlled way to rebuild conditioning.
Replacing Three Client Dashboards With One Local n8n
A client needed recurring reports from three different dashboards. One local n8n instance can take over the work, cut SaaS costs, and keep their data closer to home.
The layout bug that vanished when I changed the copy
A two-column product layout broke only at 1120px wide. The fix was not new CSS, but rewriting one overstuffed feature sentence so the browser could finally wrap it.
Letting AI refactor one legacy stylesheet
I pointed an AI model at a 1,200-line legacy Sass file and asked it to refactor everything to Tailwind. The useful part was mechanical syntax cleanup. The risky part was everything that depended on design, layout, and accessibility intent.
The Make automation that was slower than manual
A Make scenario that cross-posted Ghost articles to Dev.to looked efficient. API churn, broken canonicals, bad timing, and key exposure made manual faster.