Section 03 · the workbench
Open source, side projects, AI experiments, and creative work
Featured project
Interface patterns lifted out of projects I actually shipped. Each one renders live in an isolated frame and comes with its markup, its styles, its behaviour, and the prompt that rebuilds it from scratch.
Open source
A React component library built alongside a YouTube tutorial series. Clean, reusable, well-tested code.
Open source
A dashboard and Model Context Protocol server for a project portfolio whose entire state lives in markdown files. Twenty-five zod-typed MCP tools let Claude Code read roadmaps, advance sessions, and work QA queues without anyone opening the UI. No database: the files are the source of truth, and git is the audit log.
$ photo-importer > _
Open source
Photo organization TUI with video sorting support. Organizes photos into year/month/date folders. Built a TUI around the original script for a better workflow.
Open source
A collection of personal prompts and utility prompts packaged as SKILLs for Claude Code. Easily installable via npx.
$ agent-compiler > _
Open source
A TUI for embedding skills into a CLAUDE.md file so Claude has a higher chance of picking them up.
A collection of proverbs from the programmer. Went viral with hundreds of stars and contributions from the community.
Markdown
Personal VIM/Neovim configuration that ended up featured in the video game Watch Dogs 2.
Vim, Shell
A lightweight CSS framework focused on simplicity and clean design.
CSS
A Babel plugin that adds JavaScript namespace support for cleaner code organization.
JavaScript, Babel
A file-based content management system built on Node.js for simple, flat-file websites.
Node.js, JavaScript
$ start-tui > _
Terminal start menu with ranger-style three-column layout, vim-style navigation, auto-categorization of tools, and a built-in database of 134 CLI apps.
Rust, ratatui
$ boil-tui > _
Terminal game library manager -- basically Steam for your terminal games. Auto-discovers CLI games installed on your system and gives you a TUI to browse and launch them.
Go, Bubbletea
$ media-picker > _
Cable TV guide TUI that mimics the classic Comcast channel guide. Fetches info from OMDb for TV shows and movies, creates random channels and schedules.
Go, Bubbletea
3D RPG built with one of my kids. Features wave system, random item drops, shops, galaxy mode with different monsters, and a mech mode.
Browser, 3D
Browser fishing game inspired by Cat Goes Fishing, built with a kid. Everything runs from a single .html file.
HTML, Browser
$ todos-cli > _
CLI todo manager using markdown files for storage. Works via TUI or simple commands. Has a SKILL.md that lets Claude Code check and update todos.
CLI, Markdown
Tool for creating article banners with real tool output in the background and article name overlay.
Utility
$ agent-ipc > _
IPC protocol for inter-agent communication. Allowed running one Claude instance in a repo and communicating with another via channel-based chat.
Inter-process
Learning platform with quizzes, code challenges, Mermaid diagrams, and progress tracking. Runs Python via Pyodide and JavaScript via Sandpack in the browser.
Next.js, Pyodide, Sandpack
Content management suite with two implementations -- CLI/full-stack version and client-only web version. Hub-and-spoke content strategy for AI/tech content.
Full-stack
$ dashboard > _
Personalized dashboard with resizeable widgets, GitHub/Jira API integration, and Ollama chat.
React, APIs
$ blog-2024 > _
This blog. Auto-discovered articles, content negotiation for markdown API.
SvelteKit, MDSvex
$ personal-blog > _
Legacy blog rewritten from unknown framework to modern Astro.
Astro
Helping companies implement AI tools and processes effectively
Claude, LLMs, Prompt Engineering
Guide to effective AI-assisted development
Claude Code, TypeScript
Comprehensive glossary of AI terms and concepts
Science fiction exploring AI themes and futures
Creative Writing, AI
Yet Another Final Fantasy Podcast about Final Fantasy, going through the games one by one in order of release.
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