Index

Projects

What is on the bench: what got built, how it was tested, where the hard part was.

17projects live, built, or in progress
6disciplines software through fabrication
01

Software & tools

3 items

Software & tools

PC Doctor

Working

Checks an entire PC and writes a plain-English report on what is actually wrong.

Sweeps CPU, GPU, memory, disks, drivers, thermals, battery, and attached gear. Design goal: suppress false alarms, not maximize test count. Never applies a fix unattended.

Built with
PowerShell, WMI/CIM
Scope
31 modules
Rule
reports, never repairs
DiagnosticsWindowsReport-first
Software & tools

Best Product

Built

Answers what the best product is for a job, and shows which claims it could actually verify.

Provenance is the hard part. Large retailers block automated reads. A quiet guess looks like a real check. This one separates what it read from what it could not reach.

Built with
Python
Constraint
retailers block automated reads
Design
sourcing shown per claim
ResearchProvenance
Software & tools

Video Maker

Built

Turns a script and a folder of clips into a finished, captioned video.

Narration is local, one sentence at a time. Caption timing is measured from rendered audio, not word-count estimates. Desktop app. Offline. No subscription in the pipeline.

Built with
Python, ffmpeg
Runs
fully offline
Timing
measured from rendered audio
MediaLocal-firstDesktop app
02

Automation & operations

3 items

Automation & operations

Automatic quoting bot

Live · running unattended

Reads an incoming job request, prices it from a rate book, and sends the quote back.

Built on my own lead flow first. Job type and size arrive structured, so pricing is a lookup. Rate book is one file a non-programmer can edit. 178 automated tests.

Built with
Python
Tests
178 automated
Status
live, unattended
AutomationLiveTested
Automation & operations

The diagnostic engine

In progress

The method behind the consulting: how I work out what a business should actually automate.

Structured intake. Search what already exists before building. Written recommendation with costs. Allowed verdict: nothing worth automating yet, with something concrete to do this week.

Stages
intake, search, report
Allowed verdict
"nothing yet"
Output
written report
ConsultingMethod
Automation & operations

Field operations audit

Done

Audited my own field business and found the tools were already paid for and switched off.

Job management software was live and unused: lead platform, calendar, booking hooks disconnected. Nothing to buy. Nothing to build. Most common finding: a paid tool nobody connected.

Method
audit before build
Finding
tools paid for, unconnected
Cost to fix
configuration only
OperationsAudit
03

Research & analysis

3 items

Research & analysis

Software opportunity research

Ongoing

Six software business ideas, generated under one filter and then attacked with real sources.

Filter: software is commodity. Defensible work needs accumulating data, a mandate, physical-world access, or absorbed liability. Ideas graded by source independence. Two of three strong premises failed contact with evidence.

Ideas
6, one filter
Grading
A-D by source independence
Outcome
2 of 3 premises corrected
Market researchEvidence grading
Research & analysis

Where unmet need actually is

Done

Two dozen searches across twenty domains to find the needs nobody is serving.

Three-way incumbent check per candidate: category name, job to be done, incumbent to displace. One phrasing alone fakes empty markets. Clearest finding: tech-abuse support for domestic violence survivors. Structural labor gap, not an information gap.

Searches
24 across ~20 domains
Test
three-way incumbent check
Finding
labour gap, not information gap
ResearchMethod
Research & analysis

AI video tooling review

Done

Priced and compared the current AI video tools against platform policy, not against listicles.

Prices from vendor pages. Most "best AI video" lists are published by a seller. Some still ranked a discontinued product. Deciding factor: platform policy on templated output.

Sources
vendor pricing pages
Caught
a discontinued tool still ranked
Decides
policy before tooling
ResearchTooling
04

Design & fabrication

3 items

Design & fabrication

Brand rebuild

Done

The logo at the top of this page, rebuilt from a blurry 774×108-pixel image into true vector.

No sharp original existed. Rebuilt with real lines and arcs, then overlaid on the source. 95.6% ink overlap. Scales from favicon to truck door.

From
774×108 raster
To
resolution-independent vector
Verified
95.6% ink overlap
DesignVectorMeasured
Design & fabrication

Engineered build plans

Done

A full fabrication plan for a welded steel and hardwood bench, drawn step by step.

Angle-iron frame, glue-up top. 30-page plan. Dimensioned diagram every step. Two routes: welded, and no-weld. Materials include free steel sources.

Deliverable
30-page plan
Routes
welded and no-weld
Every step
dimensioned diagram
FabricationTechnical drawing
Design & fabrication

Furniture and woodwork

Made to order

Benches and solid-timber pieces, built to measure.

Benches and solid-timber pieces, built to measure for the space.

Material
solid timber, steel
Built
to measure
WoodworkMade to order
05

Games & simulation

3 items

Games & simulation

Vehicle simulator extension

In progress

Extending an existing soft-body vehicle simulator instead of starting another one from scratch.

Scripted inside an existing soft-body simulator, no recompile. The game CLI is the test harness. Constraint: work inside someone else's engine.

Language
AngelScript
No recompile
scripted at runtime
Harness
the game's own CLI
SimulationIntegration
Games & simulation

Multiplayer mod audit and patched build

Built

Found and patched faults in a large multiplayer modification, then rebuilt it from source.

Prove the build contains the change. A clean compile can ship none of your code. Inspect the binary against a known-good build.

Language
C++
Verified
binary inspected, not exit code
Skill
build forensics
C++DebuggingBuild verification
Games & simulation

Browser games

Playable

A 6v6 hero shooter and a physics sandbox, both written from scratch and playable in a browser.

No engine. Nothing to install. Written against the browser. Shooter balance from measurement harnesses, not feel arguments.

Built with
JavaScript
Engine
none, from scratch
Balance
measured, not guessed
GamesBrowserPhysics
06

Personal systems

2 items

Personal systems

Training and supplement stack

Ongoing

Reduced a fourteen-item supplement stack to one glass, five capsules and a shot.

From primary research, not supplement-industry copy. Fewest bottles and fewest steps conflict. All-in-ones fail capsule-volume arithmetic.

Sources
primary literature
Result
14 items, 3 steps
Ruled out by
capsule volume arithmetic
ResearchPrimary sources
Personal systems

Five-year savings model

Ongoing

A six-figure savings target built as a model rather than a resolution.

Monthly figure is computed, not guessed. Recomputes as the start date slips. Live formulas. Assumptions visible.

Built with
live spreadsheet formulas
Recomputes
as the start date slips
Assumptions
visible, not buried
ModellingForecasting

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