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Currentlyas of June 2026
Designing + Building

The AI bartender I prototyped for Scrappy's Bitters in 2024. Building it out myself now.

Teaching
'26

AI Program Advisor (volunteer) · weekly all summer · 4th year, 1st leading the AI track.

Experimenting
Agent loops for visual taste alignment

Getting an agent to critique its own output and re-render toward a target look.

Briefcase

Skill management across machines & auto-updates.

Making
American Pet Gangster Sounds

Jay-Z vocals from American Gangster, chopped samples from Pet Sounds.

Selected Work

Work from the edge of what I'm learning. Hover to preview, or browse the archive.

PROJECTS

Dive Club Content OS
DEV·AI·'25
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Dive Club Content OS

Turns podcast episodes into 80%-ready written content. No UI. Claude Code is the interface.

Higgins (AI harness)
DEV·AI·'26
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Higgins (AI harness)

A scheduled, memory-backed agent system that turns saved context into advice, drafts, tasks, and repair loops.

Pappy AI Bartender
DESIGN + DEV·AI·'24 – '26
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Pappy AI Bartender

AI bartender for Scrappy’s Bitters. Designed it in 2024, building it myself in 2026.

Piggy Picks
DESIGN + DEV·'25
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Piggy Picks

Our friend group’s had an NFL picks pool for over a decade. Now it’s a full app with live scores and a database, because we can just do that now.

Acme Prism
DESIGN·'17 – '21
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Acme Prism

7-app suite I led for a Pacific Northwest land surveying firm. Unified 5 departments, saved about $500K a year, cut cycle times 13%.

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SKILLS.md

Tools I built for the way I work, and for the agents working alongside me.
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Design Motion Principles

I wanted animation feedback from three designers I admire. So I built a skill that audits motion through each one's principles.

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Responsive Craft

Ridd talked about how tough it is to design responsively in code without a canvas. This front-loads those decisions so you're deliberate, not reactive.

31

Skill Distillery

I kept learning from talks and articles but losing the details. This turns source material into a skill you can talk to.

27

Soleio's Design Talent Playbook

Soleio's playbook on hiring designers is one of the best things I've read. Turned it into an advisor you can talk to.

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Recent Appearances

Conversations and a live build with Dive Club.
Dive Club
How Ridd Designs with AI
Live session

How Ridd Designs with AI

Ridd designed and shipped, live. I co-hosted, narrating his process and taking the audience's questions while he built.

Dive Club
Designer to Builder, Part 1

Designer to Builder, Part 1

The designer learning to build

Dive Club
Designer to Builder, Part 2

Designer to Builder, Part 2

The builder finding his process

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Software as a Gift

Code is a love language too

Many of my favorite builds have been gifts for my wife, my son, and my friends.

An NFL picks pool I've run with my friends for over a decade. Learning games for my 3-year-old son. An affirmations app built from 120 memories my wife's closest friends sent me. A Jeopardy trainer for a friend who wants to make it on the show.

Building for the people you care about is the fastest way to learn, and a very fulfilling way to ship.

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Steampunk projector device casting a warm gold cone of light upward

A gift for you

Have a little nostalgic fun with my recreation of Lunar Lander
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