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I Built It in a Night. I Didn't Stop There.

StreamNChill started as a one-night experiment. Two weeks later it has Watch Together, a Wrapped Card, Face ID sign-in, Letterboxd import, and a dozen other features. Here's what happened.

My Mom Gave Me an App Idea. I Built It That Night.

My mom mentioned she wished there was a better way to track shows and movies. I told her I'd see what I could come up with. That night I opened Claude Code — and by the time I went to bed, the app was live.

I Built a Drink Tracker App With AI — Here's What Happened

Why I couldn't find an app that tracked drinks the way I wanted, how I used Claude to build one in a single afternoon, and what it actually does — barcode scanning, standard drink math, weekly goals, and your data staying yours.

Tornadoes, Soul Food, and the Edge of America

Our spring break road trip to Folly Beach, SC — starting with a tornado warning inside a 300-year-old Moravian building, soul food where George Washington ate dinner in 1791, and a beach that calls itself the Edge of America like it means it.

Uncle Robbie's Picks: Building a Sports App in 24 Hours

What happens when a non-developer, his brother-in-law, and an AI spend 24 hours building a live MLB prop bet app — with real sportsbook odds, cloud deployment, and three failed builds before it went live.

Building My Mom's Law Firm Website with AI

How I used Claude Code to build a professional website for my mother's 44-year estate planning practice — complete with SEO, schema markup, and AI-optimized content — with zero coding experience.

I Have a Genie and His Name is Claude

How I used AI to build an interactive year-in-review presentation for my Chamber speech — with zero coding experience — and what happened when I tried to let AI write the speech itself.

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