Building in public
I make a lot of tools. Some are serious revenue systems, some are free public experiments, and some are just too useful or funny to keep on my own machine. Not all are wins, but I learn from the misses.
Best first tools
Directory
This is the runnable shelf. Open the useful stuff here. If you want case studies, prototypes, or the story behind the systems, head over to Builds.
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Live
AI diagnostic
Score readiness, friction, and first-move potential before wasting energy on the wrong AI initiative.
Best for AI-curious operators who want a real first move, not hype.
Best for owner-operators and small teams trying to identify which AI workflow deserves the first serious build.
Live
Creator workflow
Build carousel-ready photo layouts without opening a heavy design app for a straightforward export job.
Best for Photographers who need clean carousel exports without design-app drag.
Built from real photo-delivery pressure: drop images, generate clean slide layouts, preview the carousel, export fast.
Dashboard
Market-cap rank, movement, liquidity placement, and nearby comps from one operator-friendly screen.
Best for Market watchers who need rank context without five tabs open.
A focused screen for market watchers who want rank context without five open tabs and manual copy assembly.
Live PWA
Field tool
A GPS-first restroom finder for downtown Savannah with ranked nearby stops, confidence, filters, and directions.
Public experiment A hilarious free utility that may become a real local monetization model.
The funny brand edge hides a serious trust contract: closest plausible bathroom first, honest confidence, no emergency ranking pay-to-play.
Fleet intelligence
A hosted fleet dashboard for Carnival with marine weather, route movement, fuel framing, and operator-level context.
Best for Anyone who wants to see how a more serious decision dashboard gets framed and shipped.
Started from the Iran-war fuel-risk question and became a mission-control demo for route, comfort, emissions, PROPEL, and integration handoff.
Live
macOS utility
A private clipboard timeline for macOS with a native-feeling slide-out panel and searchable history.
Best for Mac users who copy, paste, reuse, lose, and re-find context all day.
A small native-feeling utility that solves a daily workflow without turning into a platform.
Learning app
A calm Japanese learning beta with structured lessons, local progress, and speaking practice.
Best for Short homeschool language practice with visible progress.
Built for homeschool structure: short lessons, parent-friendly progress, and less setup drag.
Learning path
An interactive education surface for people who need practical AI clarity before a deeper build.
Best for AI users who want practical judgment before chasing tools.
The ramp for people who need the language, examples, and judgment to use AI without theater.
Live
Photo product
A product surface for slideshow playback, launch prep, support, and photography delivery workflow.
Best for Photographers turning delivery friction into a cleaner product surface.
Built around the practical need to make event and wedding slideshows feel polished without babysitting playback.
In research
Household AI
A parent-led AI setup for house rules, safer kid lanes, approved tools, and practical family workflows.
Best for Parents testing ideas for calmer AI use at home before it becomes a bigger offer.
The FamilyOS idea has become a standalone offer at calmfamilyai.com: less abstract architecture, more parent-readable implementation.
Beta
Training runtime
A simple workout app for lifting, plan review, and actually using the program once you get to the gym.
Best for Lifters who want a practical training sidekick instead of a noisy fitness app.
The current version stays strength-first and fast in the gym, with the more ambitious AI training runtime ideas shelved for now.
Family utility
A father-first outing finder built to make family planning simpler and less fragmented.
Best for Choosing the next family outing without losing the thread.
For choosing the next useful family outing without opening a dozen tabs and losing the thread.
Photo ops
An internal Pic-Time migration and gallery-organization system that extracts manifests, sequences photos, and builds download state.
Internal workflow For photography migration and gallery-ops conversations.
The timestamp/gallery work turned into a durable local operations tool: login flow, manifest parsing, sequential output names, download logs, and quality passes.
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Private previews
The public shelf stays easy to open. Client workflows, family systems, and internal photography ops live here as previews, while the fuller story stays on Builds.
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Some of these started as jokes, annoyances, or one-off internal fixes. The good ones become products, client systems, or retained workflows that actually earn their keep.
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