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Layoff Log / Early 2026

Weekly build launch log.

What shipped, what changed, and why it matters.

Plot twist

Week 4: I joined Augment Code. This log is now the breadcrumb trail of the weird little builds that helped get me there.

Week 3

4 updates
01
2026-03-08W3shipped
Week 3: Roomba Wars
Week 3: Roomba Wars

Turned a Roomba interview prompt into a multiplayer browser game with realtime systems, 3D rendering, and benchmark tooling.

TypeScriptReact 19ViteReact Three Fiberthree
Open dispatch
02
2026-03-04W3shipped
Week 3: hackernews-tui
Week 3: hackernews-tui

Built and shipped a Hacker News terminal UI with OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex in about 30 minutes, then published it to npm.

TypeScriptOpenTUINode.jsnpm
Open dispatch
04
2026-03-02W3building
Week 3: TripHaven prototype
Week 3: TripHaven prototype

Built a six-hour TripHaven prototype, a full-stack Expedia-style hotel booking platform, using a modern AI-assisted engineering workflow.

TypeScriptTanStack StarttRPCBetter AuthDrizzle ORM
Open dispatch

Week 2

2 updates
01
2026-02-25W2shipped
Week 2: Shipping uutil.space
Week 2: Shipping uutil.space

Launched uutil.space, a simple utility app with developer tools baked in for quick use anywhere on the web.

TypeScriptWeb PlatformDeveloper Utilities
Open dispatch

Week 1

3 updates