Build journal
Build Notes
Short notes from the projects I am building: what changed, what broke, what I learned, and what I would improve next.
Toast Album / Product launch
Toast Album Is Officially Live
Toast Album is now live: a private photo-sharing platform that helps wedding and event hosts collect every guest's photos through one simple QR code.
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The painful lesson from migrating my event photo app
Starting with HTML/CSS was useful at first. Migrating to a modern stack taught me why architecture choices matter early.
Read noteFlowDock / Product design
Designing FlowDock around staying in flow
The first version was about moving text between devices. The more useful idea was reducing the friction of switching between phone, Mac, and Windows while keeping project context close.
Read noteProjectDrop / AI workflow
Why ProjectDrop became more than a notes app
ProjectDrop started as a way to capture voice notes and text ideas, but the coding-agent handoff feature changed the direction of the product.
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