// 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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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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Claude Code for Non Coders: What It’s Good At (and Where to Start Instead)
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Hollow by Caroline Peckham Review: Spice Level, Cliffhanger and Is It Worth It
4 min read
// 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
7Updated this month
Sep 29Last shipped
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
A running route planner and run analyser in one page. Draw a route on real paths, see what the hills cost, then drop in a GPX and read back what happened.
Weather
A dense, chart-first weather dashboard. Hourly and daily forecasts, wind, pressure, UV and air quality for anywhere you search — no accounts, no ads, no location prompt unless you ask for it.
// 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