Craft
The twenty-minute deploy
A rule of thumb: if publishing a change takes longer than a short walk, the pipeline is the project.
September 28, 2026 · 5 min read
The journal
Blog
Notes on making things that stay small — the decisions, the abandoned drafts, and the occasional photograph that explains the rest.
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Why I build small things
Every project on this site took a weekend or two. That isn't a limitation — it's the whole argument.
Making · 6 min read
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Everything else
Making
Notes on naming things
Six months in, the name is either doing work for you or quietly costing you users.
September 9, 2026 · 4 min read
Photography
Shooting film in the city
Thirty-six frames changes what you're willing to stand still for. A note on the discipline of a finite roll.
August 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Design
A lavender palette, and why it works
One colour, four shades, and a rule about where the deep purple is allowed to appear.
July 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Craft
What I keep in my toolkit
A short list of tools that survived a year of being optional, and one that didn't.
June 15, 2026 · 4 min read
Elsewhere
The other shelves
Projects
Mini projects
The tools behind the essays — 6 small builds, each with a page on what it does and what it got wrong.
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The camera roll
12 frames of weekends, mostly on film, mostly in the hills an hour out of the city.
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