Notes from the studio and the systems behind it.
Architecture, iOS development, backend scale, solo product work, and the details that make software feel finished.
Khepri and Loci are live
Two products I have been building in private are now on the public internet: an AI coach that remembers, and a travel planner that keeps the trip.
Latest changes
What I have been shipping lately across North, Norviq, and the platform layer.
Homepage on the cluster, Forgejo on the way
Added getHomepage to my k3s cluster and exposed it over Tailscale. Next: moving all prod apps to self-hosted git with Forgejo.
How Hermes Inspired HermesVault for iOS
The journey of building a native iOS app with Hermes as its core memory layer.
Building Hermes into My Personal Assistant
How I started building Hermes as a self-hosted AI memory layer and personal assistant.
From Go to iOS: Unlearning the Backend to Master SwiftUI
How shifting from imperative, backend programming in Go to declarative, reactive UI in Swift unlocked a new level of product engineering.