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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BlackOps Kept Giving Me the Same SEO Advice Every Week. So I Gave It a Memory.
Per-site snapshots and a recommendation ledger turned stateless analytics into advice that builds on itself.
Why stateless analytics tools give the same advice forever, and how a recommendation ledger plus delta injection made my AI assistant actually track progress per site.
I Don't Open Analytics Anymore. I Just Ask.
My site is posts, pages, and signups. So is yours. Here's what happens when you can talk to it.
Every BlackOps-hosted site is posts, pages, and newsletter signups. So instead of opening a dashboard, you just ask your site how it's doing. The interesting part is that everyone asks it something different.
Sorties: Fire Real Actions Straight From Your AI Chat
Set up an action once. Fire it by name from anywhere, even your phone.
Sorties turn one chat message into a real action. Fix a bug, message your team, fire a Zapier automation. Set it up once, fire it by name from anywhere.
Your Obsidian Vault Is Full of Fossils.
Your brain rewrites memories every day. Your Obsidian vault never gets the chance.