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 or ⌘ ⇧ L for Lunar Lander
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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
Content intelligence platform
AI-powered content intelligence platform. Multi-tenant SaaS with agent-driven content generation, strategic communications, and enterprise-grade tenant isolation.
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.
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Reflections on forgotten lessons in software developemnt.
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Gary Vee Was Right. The Execution Layer Was Missing.
Gary Vee told business owners to post on 8 platforms every day. The advice is right. But advice without infrastructure is just motivation. Here is how I built the execution layer.
I Was Trying to Buy a Truck. I Accidentally Discovered the Future of Note-Taking.
How a Sunday truck research session revealed something I hadn't designed into BlackOps: the end of note-taking as we know it.
Stop Giving Claude a Static Doc. Give It a Brain.
Brain turns any Obsidian folder into a living knowledge base any agent can read, any agent can update, and you can have as many as you need.
Brain compiles any Obsidian folder into a living knowledge base every agent can read and update. Claude Projects, Claude Code, Cowork. No RAG. No scripts. No stale context.
You Don't Have a Brand Problem. You Have a Systems Problem.
A millionaire copywriter laid out 6 psychology principles behind personal brands that convert. Every one maps to something BlackOps already does.
Joanna Wiebe broke down 6 psychology principles behind personal brands that convert. Every single one is a systems problem — and BlackOps solves all 6.
Everyone's Mad Anthropic Killed OpenClaw Access. I'm Not.
I spent a month debugging it every morning. The people crying loudest aren't the ones who were actually using it.
I spent a month debugging OpenClaw every morning before coming back to Claude Code. The people crying loudest about Anthropic's decision aren't the ones who were actually using it to get work done.