What I'm Building
Who Speaks When
ProblemUNGA week 2026 brought 194 speeches, 113 heads of state and hundreds of side events, with no single place to track them.
BuiltOne site with the speaking order, a live X wire run by Grok Bot, an events board colleagues fill from pasted text or screenshots, and all 194 speeches, searchable.
ResultColleagues used it all week. Journalists and diplomats followed the X wire.
The Stringer
ProblemNews about the Secretary-General race is scattered across X and buried in noise.
BuiltA Grok Bot agent that sweeps X on a schedule, filters with my editorial rules and files to a live wire. It shows what it rejected and why.
ResultRunning unattended since August. Over 100 sweeps at about 28 cents each.
AI Data Centers, Unpacked
ProblemThe media says AI data centers are big and measures them in square feet. But what is "big"?
BuiltAn explainer that drops a real data center's footprint over any city, neighborhood or address at true scale. Six sourced chapters answer questions like "Do data centers really use a lot of water?"
ResultEvery number is sourced, with a methods and disclosures section so readers can check the work.
The Race to Run the UN
ProblemEvery candidate for UN Secretary-General, and their positions on the big issues, buried in hours of forum transcripts.
BuiltA profile of every declared candidate, where each stands on the major issues, and links to primary sources like their vision statements.
ResultUsed by journalists and diplomats tracking the race.
US vs China: The Frontier Models Race
ProblemNew AI models ship almost weekly, and the US-China picture is hard to keep straight.
BuiltA map of the major US and Chinese platforms and their models, with the strengths and weaknesses of each.
ResultUpdated as new models ship.
The Football Pool That Runs Itself
ProblemTen years of spreadsheets from an annual football pool between four longtime college friends.
BuiltAn app that runs the pool on its own: live odds and scores, a weekly slate drafted by Claude, automatic scoring and standings.
ResultBefore launch, I ran five past seasons through the app (a total of 3,970 picks). It produced the exact same scores we'd kept by hand, every pick.