Journal
Things we wrote down so we wouldn't forget them.
Essays on why we build things the way we do, findings from real projects, and experiments that were worth trying even when they went nowhere. There's an RSS feed if you like that sort of thing.
2026
5 pieces
- EssayWe used to automate other people's work. Now we build our own products.Why Jezai stopped being an AI automation agency, what we build now, and why this website looks the way it does.
- EssayWhy InkOnMe will never draw a tattooInkOnMe started as a consumer app for trying on tattoos. We rebuilt it for studios around two rules that sound like limitations. Here's the reasoning.
- FindingOur flight alert app lost its data source. Here's what we'd do differently.FlightWatch worked, but the flight search API underneath it stopped taking new users. Lessons on building products on top of someone else's data.
- FindingA carrier price is not insurance, and other things we learned building an art shipping calculatorNotes from rebuilding ArtCarli's shipping and import cost calculator around live carrier quotes, real delivery dates and landed cost.
- ExperimentWhat a day of building gets you, told through a weekend trip plannerWe built a working AI trip planner for short European weekends in about a day. Here's how it's put together, and what a day doesn't get you.