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Dive into a space where coding and technology meet creativity and hands-on experience. Here, explore a collection of thoughts, tutorials, and stories about the tech world, project development, and the journey from being a coffee professional to becoming a full-time developer.

Currently working on projects with Hounder.co, this site shares practical insights, coding tips, and behind-the-scenes looks into the world of web development and tech innovation.

Based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, life is filled with learning, building, and adventures with Amelia and Eliza—two amazing daughters who inspire curiosity every day.

Enjoy discovering new ideas, coding projects, and stories from a passionate developer crafting the next chapter after coffee, one line of code at a time.

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PocketMacro Is Live: What It Took to Ship On-Device Meal AI

The on-device calorie tracker I wrote about a few months ago is on the App Store. It's called PocketMacro now. Here's what happened between "the model runs on a phone" and "this is an app people can use": portion confidence, a text entry path, a download pipeline that verifies itself, and a release gate for code that returns a guess instead of an answer.
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I Put a Multimodal LLM on an iPhone — No Cloud Bill, No Subscription, No Catch

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MacroSnap, a calorie tracker that runs its AI entirely on your phone. No server. No account. No meal photos leaving the device, ever. And because there's no server to pay for, no subscription either — you buy it once and it's yours. You snap a picture, the model estimates what's on the plate, you correct anything it got wrong, and it logs. That's the whole loop.

Building AuditEase: What I'm Learning by Writing My Own WCAG Scanner

A lot of my work is accessibility — mostly Drupal sites for governments and counties, where WCAG 2.1 AA isn't aspirational, it's a deadline on a calendar. Over the last year I've used pretty much every accessibility scanner I could find, and at some point I decided to just build the one I actually wanted.
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Hermano Robles El Chiral Anaerobic — Presta Coffee

16 May 2026
Cracked the bag open with high expectations. Anaerobic naturals from Costa Rica have been on heavy rotation for me lately, and the aroma off this one when I broke the seal was already telling me I was in for something.
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Brewing Coffee and Talking Airports: A Few Days at AAAE in LA

16 May 2026
I just got back from the AAAE Conference in Los Angeles and I'm still riding the post-conference high. (Possibly also some leftover caffeine.) Our team set up a Hounder booth, I brought my pour over kit, and for a few days I got to do two of my favorite things at the same time: brew coffee and talk about websites.
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