build-in-public
10 stories, newest first.
When AI in an interview fails you
I used AI heavily in a technical interview, felt great about the build, and still got rejected because the team could not gauge enough of my understanding.
6 min read
Building hackernews-tui in 30 minutes with OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex
I built and shipped a Hacker News terminal UI in about 30 minutes using OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex, then published it straight to npm from the Codex app.
4 min read
Building SoloAgent to understand AI harnesses
I built SoloAgent as an AI harness experiment to understand how model, tool, state, and execution loops work in practice.
6 min read
The 6-hour build and why technical interviewing needs to change
Building TripHaven in about six hours made one thing clear: interviews should test end-to-end product replication and engineering judgment, not isolated feature trivia.
7 min read
Launching uutil.space
A simple utility app with developer tools baked in, so I can run quick helpers from anywhere on the web.
3 min read
The Pivot: Reusing a Stable SaaS Codebase for EasyAccessQR.com
How a stable SaaS foundation made it fast to launch EasyAccessQR.com, with analytics, A/B testing, and a full design-flow rewrite.
6 min read
Launching llink.space
Why I finally built llink.space as a link-in-bio home base after putting it off for years.
4 min read
Launching imposter.fm
Why I created imposter.fm as a podcast host to talk through what engineering feels like in the AI era while navigating layoff uncertainty.
5 min read
Building a full SaaS in less than a day with Claude and Codex
How I shipped dailystand.dev with organizations, teams, members, analytics, billing, and observability in under 24 hours.
8 min read
Reviving old projects in an AI era
How revisiting old ideas after a layoff reignited my creative drive and compressed weeks of work into hours with Claude and Codex.
7 min read