The build log

Building it all, in public.

Apps, content engine, company — one family, no ads, receipts included. RSS

September 25, 2026

Build log #5: the week Kaizen's meal log stopped keeping office hours

One real fix this week: Kaizen's Today screen gets an all-hours door to the meal log, because meals don't wait for the right time window.

September 15, 2026

Build log #4: the week phone photos broke grading and Cricut got a workspace

AI grading choking on phone photos, a fixed-layout Cricut prep workspace with SVG export, and Cut Studio finally reachable from a member login.

August 25, 2026

Build log #3: the week the queue learned what it hadn't filmed

A coverage board that tells me which apps have never been shot, REAPER capturing my studio on camera, and the relay that stopped eating my phone's video.

August 19, 2026

Build log #2: the week the queue started posting by itself

Approve on my phone, my PC publishes to YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Plus a blog that can't go stale and the boring rules that make it all safe.

August 16, 2026

Build log #1: the week we became our own ad agency

LLC on Monday, five social accounts by Friday, a website in an afternoon, and a content engine that won't post anything without my thumbprint. Here's how the first 48 hours went.