// About me
Dad of 3. Developer. Always Busy.
Full-time dad. Hybrid athlete. Developer. Chronic over-committer. I write about building software, logging miles, and figuring out how to do too many things without completely losing it.
10+Years writing code
3+Kids keeping me busy
6+Hobbies at any given time
// Fresh off the bench
The last four things I published
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Whispersync for Voice Review: I Swapped Between Kindle and Audible for All 8 Dungeon Crawler Carl Books
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Wispr Flow Alternative: Why I Switched to Muse for Mac Dictation
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Is Software Engineering Dead? Both Camps Are Wrong
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Time Blocking for Busy Dads: Why I Went Back to Paper
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// Coding
What I’ve Been Coding
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Latest
Claude Code for Non Coders: What It’s Good At (and Where to Start Instead)
I’m a developer, and my advice to non coders is to not start with Claude Code. Here’s the one kind of job it’s great at, what it costs you on Pro, and…
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Claude Code MCP Servers: The 5 I Actually Use (and the 9 I Don’t)
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GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code: The Honest 2026 Comparison
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How I Set Up the .claude Directory on Every Project
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Claude Code vs Cursor: Which AI Coding Tool is Actually Better?
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Building a Personal Dashboard with Claude Code (No Experience Needed)
// Things I’ve built
Small tools from the workshop
15Tools shipped
6Updated this month
Oct 5Last shipped
Goals
A goal tracker for the year, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Each goal holds its milestones, tasks and habits. One goal is free. Nothing to sign up for, and nothing collected.
Rocket
Fly a rocket through asteroids and space junk. Grab the stars, dodge the rest, see how far you get. Drag to steer. No accounts.
Runify
Plan a run, then see how it went. Draw a route on real paths and get the distance and the climb. Drop in a GPX and read back the splits.
// Books
What I’ve Been Reading
// Health & Fitness
How I’ve Been Moving
612Miles this year
2Races this year
118Lifting sessions
1PRs this year
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m doing this for my kids.
Jake, dad of three
// Parenting
How I’m Raising My Kids
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Disney Packing List: The 4 Things That Actually Earned a Spot in the Bag
One trip to Walt Disney World, one backpack carried around all week for nothing, and the four things that actually earned their place in it.
// Also on my mind
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Whispersync for Voice Review: I Swapped Between Kindle and Audible for All 8 Dungeon Crawler Carl Books
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Wispr Flow Alternative: Why I Switched to Muse for Mac Dictation
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Running Essentials: The 6 Things I Actually Run With (and 3 I Quit)
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I Tried 7 Pairs of Running Shoes in Two Years. Here’s the One I Kept Buying.
7 min read