Journal
The thinking behind the thing.
Notes from the workshop - what we are building, what broke, and what we learned going further into something than was strictly reasonable.
What use is an AI that can’t write?
I tested Jev on customer email routing and spam classification, looking at speed, repeatability and whether its confidence matched the results.
Why I added Notion to my ChatGPT workflow
A look at how I organise project work, keep track of decisions and make sure a saved draft still leaves room for human judgement.
From card to character: how we’re building Sundermarch in 3D
The references, AI tools, Blender repairs and occasionally blunt feedback behind Sundermarch’s 3D characters.
A little peace, wherever your morning takes you.
By the time you find a seat on the morning train, the day can already feel full. Your phone lights up. An announcement interrupts a conversation nearby. You’re on your way to one place, while your thoughts are already somewhere else.
Sundermarch opens its roads. The website is live.
Explore the world of An Open Crown through its people, illustrations and opening accounts. The Sundermarch website is now live at sundermarch.app, offering a first look inside the expanding fictional universe from Burnt and Toast Studios.
GPT-6 Astra. The distance between brilliant and general.
An AI that can carry an idea through to execution is a remarkable prospect. Whether it deserves to be called general intelligence demands a harder examination.
The affair my wife approves of. Her name is Sharon.
I've never been a hobby person. I start plenty of things, go a hundred miles an hour at them, and after about three months I'm gone. Tennis, badminton, poker, Canada. Then came Sharon.
A colleague asked me for a puzzle. So I built her one.
She knew I was chancing my arm at being more creative, and she wanted something new to slot into her daily puzzle regimen. Something different. It turned out to be a genuinely interesting challenge, and what came out of the research is Hawfold.
The app from the drawer is out. Dartistry is on Google Play.
A year ago this was an idea I'd given up on. Today you can buy it. Dartistry is a strategy coach for 501 darts, it teaches the decision underneath the throw instead of doing your counting for you. Android first, three pounds forty-nine in the UK, yours for good.
I stopped babysitting my AI. You can too.
For months my "AI powered workflow" was me sitting next to an AI like a nervous driving instructor. Ask for a feature. Watch it work. Type "continue" or "what's next". Check its homework. Repeat until one of us gave up. I'd become the loop. So I built something to take me out of it.
The idea in the drawer. And what finally opened it.
Nearly everyone I know is sitting on an idea they gave up on. Usually not because it was a bad idea. They just didn't know where to start, couldn't afford to find out, and couldn't learn the skills around a job and kids. That's the wall AI knocked down for me. Here's how it went.
