Field notes from shipping, debugging, and building a calmer life with code.
In transition
I am upgrading the blog from the legacy stack to the new infrastructure (see the colophon). Some older posts are being reworked for the new format and are in progress.
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While building an Apple Music → Spotify migration tool, a 5.4s playback delay turned into a DNS detective story.
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How I wired macOS Calendar permissions and EventKit into Rust so meetings show up as one-click time suggestions.
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Optimistic UI is a very popular architectural pattern for fast UIs. Here is how I implemented it in Timekeeper using React Query and Firestore.
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I got tired of slow, clicky Jira time entry, so I built Timekeeper: a Rust + Tauri desktop app that feels like a fast text editor and auto-generates my weekly reports..
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A compact look at the API route, token refresh flow, and the UI loop that powers my Now Playing module.