jim, developer
& builder.
I ship side projects across SaaS, AI tooling, mobile, and self-hosted infrastructure. The ones I keep around long enough to be proud of are below. The blog is where I write up the lessons.
Featured work
TaskLeef
The Kanban board software I wish existed my entire career — WIP limits, blocking, AI collaboration, native mobile apps.
Meetmidly
A nonprofit dating app addressing the broken business model of the industry.
Readme.bio
Personal README tool for new team members — personality assessments, working style, and how to collaborate with you.
jimai
Personal AI assistant integrating Gmail, Google Calendar, and a few other things I run my day on.
podcastify.net
Podcast aggregator with Whisper-powered transcription and search.
Podcatcher
Full-featured iOS podcast app with iCloud sync.
PasteAnyway
Browser extension that re-enables paste in fields where sites have disabled it.
Recent dispatches
Hello, world (again)
Rebuilding extroverteddeveloper.com from WordPress to a custom .NET + Vue stack.
Reverse Engineering MediaCreationTool.exe
The future is less frustrating! I spent about 6 hours the other day trying to create a bootable USB drive so I could re-install Windows 11 on my Alienware Aurora R15 AMD box. I wanted to play Star Craft 2 again and it was crashing on my Bazzite install. I have done this, what must […]
I’m winning
😜
One of the best uses of agentic AI, specifically Claude CoWork, I’ve had recently is morning briefings. I’ve created morning briefings to check on my calendar and stuff. But the real unlock is asking it to keep up on the latest of local LLM developments. Every day it checks for new hardware announcements, new open […]
Announcing OpenPriceMap
Think Gasbuddy for Everything. OpenPriceMap is a community-driven price map that helps you find the cheapest groceries near you — and every price you report makes the map better for everyone. The Origin Story I originally built OpenPriceMap back in 2012. At the time I was dieting pretty hard and needed to find specific foods […]
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