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I set out to ship one church app per week during Lent. I shipped one, and Worship Cast became the start of a slower, more serious product direction.

I moved my self-hosted personal AI agent from OpenClaw to Hermes and run the whole thing on a thirteen-year-old laptop. Why I switched, why ownership beat features, and how I keep it portable, swappable, and backed up.

Week one of my Lenten building challenge: an overnight hackathon, five different tools, a phone, a laptop, and a problem I've been quietly annoyed about for years finally solved.

Reflections on what it means to belong in a world that is increasingly mediated by screens and algorithms.

Why we must be careful with our experiments in the open source ecosystem and how to do it ethically.

Every year I give something up for Lent. This year, I'm giving myself to something instead - one week, one app, one need addressed.

Why I believe software systems should be treated more like biological organisms than rigid mechanical constructs.

Exploring the mental frameworks that help us navigate complexity in building anything of value.