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The log
Software by day. Bees, brews, bonsai and everything else by night. Pick a level.
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★ FEATURED
2026-08-15
SOFTWARE
Welcome to the log
The site is live. Here is what it runs on — Laravel 13, Tailwind v4, Flowbite — and how a dark IDE, a retro arcade cabinet and a Swiss grid ended up sharing one design system.
[ seven screens — design reference ]
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2026-10-26
GARDEN
A pumpkin that lasts until Halloween
DRAFT
// drops in 6 days
2026-10-23
HUNTING AND FISHING
Three boxes of shells for fifteen doves
DRAFT
// drops in 3 days
2026-10-20
INVESTING
Stops inside the noise
DRAFT
// drops later today
2026-10-17
BONSAI
Pines first, then everything to bed
9 min
2026-10-14
COOKING
Pressure canning soup, and a chili to start with
11 min
2026-10-11
GARDEN
Find it before you spray it
7 min
2026-10-08
INVESTING
The fees were the strategy
7 min
2026-10-05
SOFTWARE
Building LensCalc: two inputs, never three
9 min
2026-09-26
SOFTWARE
Every print began as a painting
8 min
2026-09-23
SOFTWARE
Building NetCalc: why the maths lives on the server
9 min