I build things and then I can't shut up about them.

I'm Andrew. I build things nobody asked for and find out if they're useful. Sometimes they are. Sometimes I learn something better.

Right now I'm deep in local AI — running Gemma 4 models on a 2017 iMac that everyone said couldn't handle it, building agentic workflows that actually work (and documenting the ones that spectacularly don't), and trying to figure out what happens when you stop asking for permission and start shipping.

My approach to building: ship first, polish second, write about it third. Half of what I make starts as a vibe — an AI prompt, a half-formed idea, a "let me just see if this works" session at 2am. Vibe coding is how I prototype. Taste is how I finish.

Imperfection is a feature, not a bug. The constant struggle to accept that? That's what makes it interesting.

I've been building on the internet since 2009. These days I'm trying to leave localhost — stop building in private, start sharing in public. This site is part of that experiment.