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Personal stories alongside the tech.

Breaking promises...and asking santa for internet access. cover image
Blogging,  Personal

Breaking promises...and asking santa for internet access.

Six months of blog silence, two months without an internet connection at my new home, and a rant about paying for service I never got.

Three similar Ionic apps, one Nx monorepo, and a lot of AI-assisted glue work cover image
Ionic,  Technology,  AI,  Code,  Personal

Three similar Ionic apps, one Nx monorepo, and a lot of AI-assisted glue work

How we merged three Ionic/Angular/Capacitor codebases into a single Nx workspace so a small team could stop maintaining the same code in three places.

Portfolio Ticker — a tiny monitor for investments scattered across brokers cover image
Technology,  Code,  Firebase,  Tools,  Personal

Portfolio Ticker — a tiny monitor for investments scattered across brokers

I had stocks and ETFs across three platforms and no single place to see them. So I built one, and left it open for anyone else to use.

The Fellow Aiden was the most fun I've had making coffee — I still might not buy it again cover image
Technology,  Personal,  Opinions

The Fellow Aiden was the most fun I've had making coffee — I still might not buy it again

The Fellow Aiden is the most hyped filter coffee maker on the market. After a few weeks with one, the coffee is good — just not 10x-the-price good.

Owning an EV — the parking space and the bill nobody mentioned cover image
Personal,  Technology,  Opinions

Owning an EV — the parking space and the bill nobody mentioned

Everyone selling you an EV talks about the driving. Nobody mentions the parking space it requires, or what it does to your electricity bill.

Portfolio Ticker four months on — ROI/yr, year returns, and a real order log cover image
Tools,  Technology,  Code,  Firebase,  Personal

Portfolio Ticker four months on — ROI/yr, year returns, and a real order log

Living with Portfolio Ticker exposed the gaps — annualized ROI, calendar-year returns, and what happens when you sell. Here is what I added.