Building AI‑First
Products.
I ship the tools I wish existed — for content, for developers, for the work of shipping itself.
BlackOps Center, VitalWall, and VoiceCommit are live experiments in what AI‑native software looks like in production — built and operated with the same patterns I apply to everything.
Front-end architect · 30+ years building at scale · shipping AI-first products
psst — try ⌘ A for Asteroids, ⌘ ⇧ L for Lunar Lander, or ⌘ ⇧ X for Missile Command
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Applied AI in Production
These products are how I test and refine AI-driven development in real systems. Each one is built and operated with the same AI-driven patterns I apply to everything I build.
BlackOps Center
Agent-native publishing, driven over MCP
The agent-native content operating system. Exposes its whole surface over MCP, so the agent already holding your context can research, draft, publish, and read the analytics back.
VitalWall
Used by 500+ websites
Real-time website analytics and visitor tracking platform that boosts engagement through intelligent social proof.
VoiceCommit
Zero to GitHub in 60 seconds
Voice-first developer tool that turns spoken ideas into GitHub Issues, PRs, and updates. An experiment in removing friction between thinking and shipping.
Hey Spotter
Never forget the pin again
An iPhone workout log you talk to. Say your sets between machines and the AI coach logs them, remembers your history, and tells you when to add weight.
Latest Articles
I Built a Movie Brain in BlackOps Until It Knew What I Should Watch Next
48 entries over two sittings, one Movie Brain in BlackOps. Leo is in eleven of them.
I named movies and gave each one a verdict. BlackOps built a Movie Brain, one note per film, and then told me what to watch next.
My Grok Bot Chief Handed Its Jobs to Claude Duet
How my Grok Bot chief of staff handed nine BlackOps jobs to Claude Duet through one Comms note, one clean run at a time, while the X, LinkedIn and email work stays with Grok Bot.
How AI Changed How I Work: A Week's Worth of Work Before I Got Out of Bed on Saturday
Grok Bot agents did the work, BlackOps held the notes, queues and handoffs, and I approved things from my iPad.
One Saturday morning, still in bed on my iPad, I told agents what I wanted and approved what came back.
AI agents are single player. Here's how I made mine multiplayer
Grok Bot and Claude work together, and I only get pinged when it matters.
AI agents are single player. With BlackOps Comms, Grok Bot and Claude work together on one note, and I only get pinged when it matters.
My agents upload their own media to BlackOps now
No more upload link and a person clicking Done
Agents can now hand BlackOps a link to an image or video, and BlackOps pulls it in and returns an ID that attaches straight to a tweet or post.