Projects

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Sharing my results, learnings, and ideas.

Open Why I Built OpenFirst - An Inheritance Plan My Family Can Actually Open

Why I Built OpenFirst - An Inheritance Plan My Family Can Actually Open

9 min read

I wrote a private, offline inheritance plan in plain text files. It was secure, it was durable, and nobody enjoyed using it — including me. This is the story of how that folder of files became OpenFirst, and what building a product for exactly one user taught me about building for everyone.

Why I Built OpenFirst - An Inheritance Plan My Family Can Actually Open
Open From Block Clock to Freedom Clock - The Metric That Finally Clicked

From Block Clock to Freedom Clock - The Metric That Finally Clicked

9 min read

I built a Bitcoin block clock because protocol time fascinated me. Then I rebuilt it into something that made more sense to my actual life: a Freedom Clock that turns savings into time, shows how much of my remaining life is covered, and reminds me not to waste the time I still have.

From Block Clock to Freedom Clock - The Metric That Finally Clicked