Sound buttons – a tiny (meditative) musical toy

Sound Buttons is an intentionally tiny, mildly meditative, app for your iPhone. Find it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sound-buttons-tiny-music-toy/id6743234562 Why did I make this? I made Sound Buttons in order to try out a few things: Overall, this was a successful project! More on each of those points below: React Native I’d last tried React Native about 4 […]

Night Lights a Toddler Toy Update

Always fun opening an old code base! Years ago a friend and I published an iOS app that we designed for our (at the time) toddlers to play. It’s a really simple colors, shapes, and sounds app that is purposefully designed to not be annoying for parents. That’s an underserved niche on the app store! […]

“So what’s next?”

Last week, along with a cadre of incredible people, my time at SkySpecs came to an end. Everyone I worked with there was smart, driven, and a joy to be around. I’m immensely proud of the work we were able to do together. Go hire all of them! Your organization will be better for it. […]

Let’s Encrypt SSL Certs on Namecheap

I’ve been very happy with my move to Namecheap for hosting. The only downside so far has been their SSL certs. They don’t support Let’s Encrypt in their cpanel and instead make you pay for certs. The first year, however, is free! Well, it’s been about a year and I started to get emails about […]

DuPage County Hardcore

There was a surprisingly robust hardcore music scene in the extremely suburban county I grew up in. I was never fully in that world for a lot of reasons; however, I hung out on the periphery and have a fondness for it. Recently I ran across the work by Dave Hofer to digitize the music […]