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What If Git Had a Whiteboard?

Git is invisible by design. I wanted a whiteboard where I could draw branches, merges, and rebases as an interactive tree diagram. So I built git-floww with React, D3.js, and zero backend.

I Built an AI-Powered Server Monitor

I wanted something better than raw htop — a dashboard with live metrics, per-core CPU bars, ETL pipeline tracking, anomaly detection, and an AI chat agent. So I built ServerMind.

24 Providers, One Dashboard: The AiUsage v2 Story

My AI usage tracker only supported two providers. After discovering CodexBar, I rebuilt the entire thing with quota meters, cost analytics, and a heatmap that actually tells you something.

I Wrote a Clipboard Manager Because $10/Year Was Too Much

I needed a simple clipboard manager for macOS. Existing ones were bloated or paid, so I built my own with Python and rumps.

Revamping TuringAI — Rebuilding What Exists Is the Best Creative Exercise

I took my AI chat app and tore it apart — new orange theme, WebGL sign-in, rate limiting, AI-generated titles, and a hidden admin login. Here's why rebuilding is where the real thinking happens.

I Built a Habit Tracker That Grows Plants

How I built Bloomkeeper — a garden-themed habit tracker where your habits are living plants that grow with your consistency.

I Built an Interactive Guide to RAG Databases

How I built RAG Mastery — an interactive website to teach vector databases, embeddings, and LLM architecture patterns with live demos and quizzes.

How I Shipped My Own AI Chat App

How I built a streaming AI chat app with Next.js, NVIDIA NIM, and Kimi K2.5 — and what I learned along the way.

Tracking Every AI Token I Spend

I was spending on AI APIs without knowing where the tokens went. So I built a dashboard to find out.

Why I Wrote a SQL Editor From Scratch

Why I built a native SQL editor with Tauri and Rust instead of using yet another Electron app.

The Two Photo Syndrome

Why do we instinctively tap the shutter twice? A theory on the silent storage crisis hiding in plain sight.