What I’m working on
What I build
Projects across four disciplines. Pick a category to explore.
Recent Activity
Codified the post-launch health-check pattern at armature/standards/post-launch-routines.md — prompt skeleton, per-stack CMS query recipes, connector matrix, gotchas — so the next build-and-handoff project gets the same tripwire for free.
Scheduled a one-shot remote routine for 2026-05-10 that audits the live site, checks Sanity content drift, cross-references Cloudinary assets, and emails the punch list — so the build keeps an eye on itself after handoff without anyone needing to remember.
Diagnosed and fixed a CSS aspect-ratio + grid items:stretch overflow that clipped the venue display headline on /shows at 880-1280px viewports. Root cause: aspect-ratio container with auto-width was computing width from the grid-stretched height.
Vendored sanity-admin-kit as a tarball in the AJ repo so Vercel resolves it without the local E:/Code/ workspace — pattern documented for the next consumer.
Shipped Phase 1 to production at https://aj-and-the-groove.vercel.app — five public pages, full self-service Sanity admin, mobile-responsive, 9 schemas + 12 shows + 6 members + 6 tracks + 4 videos seeded, Vercel env wired across Production/Preview/Development.
Where This Is Heading
What's Cooking
Several things at once, as usual:
- AI systems and automation that take repetitive work off people's plates
- Websites and web apps that ship and do what they're supposed to
- Building out entertainment spaces with live sound and light systems
- There have been a bunch of tools that started as a personal experiment and ended up solving a real problem for a real client
- I've been playing in a brand-new space for me — ARGs — Stay tuned for more
On the surface, those don't have much in common. But the same instincts that make a live show run smoothly are the ones that make a software system hold together under pressure. The people I work with get the benefit of all of it, and it's a whole lot of fun.
The Endgame
Same pattern as always, just covering more ground.
Decades across sales training, military service, and enterprise technology will do that. The focus has shifted hard into AI development over the last couple of years, and it's been a hell of a ride so far.
People come back to work with me and bring friends because something got solved, something shipped, and they've got more problems worth solving.
The work itself:
- AI and automation has moved past experimentation — it's running for real clients, on real deadlines, giving people huge amounts of time back in their week
- The sound and lighting work is still a blast — years on stage before I ever stood behind a board means the people performing get someone who knows what it feels like from both sides
- My friends and clients who get things solved keep coming back with more challenges and bringing new friends along that often become new clients.
No master plan. But the pattern holds, the range keeps expanding, and something useful comes out the other side.