I built this following a period of research that had me feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content I had to read. I needed an ergonomic tool that would help me read and understand research faster, and I ended up building a desktop app that does just that. It has grown into a tool used daily by a thriving community of researchers.

Pile was largely a creative exploration where I wanted to dive into making some software that felt different. It helps you keep track of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and provides insights into your personal growth over time. Pile is designed to be a safe space for self-expression and reflection and is used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

uOS is my personal operating system that I built around my home server setup. It's a collection of many software tools, hardware like my plant-monitoring system, and services like locally hosted LLMs, all connected together to create a seamless experience for managing my home and personal projects. This was a passion project for over a year and a lot of fun to build. Few of the software I built into this system are now available as standalone products.

I own websites and apps that all need some form of analytics-- a solution that was fast, self-hosted, and didn't rely on third-party services. Stats is a high-performance analytics server written in rust that has a memory footprint under 10MB so you can run it virtually anywhere and provides real-time insights into user behavior, traffic sources, and engagement metrics.

I was the co-founder and CEO of Clew in 2019 to build a connected platform for digital work. Clew was backed by Y Combinator (S20), Garage Capital and acquired by Dropbox in 2022, where we continued our work on building tools for digital work.

I'm an avid self-learner and I wanted to build a service that would help you learn new things through courses put together by people using content that already existed on the internet.

During my time at university I noticed that finding work was difficult for a lot of people around me because they didn't have a great way to showcase and frame their work. Tidl was a tool that I built to help people create smart portfolios and resumes that adapted to the jobs they were applying for.

For most of my schooling years I was heavily involved in the digital arts community online. We were a community of designers, artists and writers sharing art and ideas. Designn worked on projects around the world and was my gateway to design and community building.