February 24, 2026
Chartfold: Owning Your Medical Records
A walkthrough of Chartfold, a Python tool that loads your medical records into SQLite and exposes them to Claude via MCP for structured analysis, visit prep, and ad-hoc queries.
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February 24, 2026
Code Without Purpose
The problem isn't too much code. It's code without purpose.
February 15, 2026
dapple: Terminal Graphics, Composed
dapple is a terminal graphics library with one Canvas API, seven pluggable renderers, and eleven CLI tools for displaying images, data, video, math, and more.
February 14, 2026
Posthumous: A Federated Dead Man's Switch
A walkthrough of Posthumous, a self-hosted dead man's switch that monitors periodic check-ins via TOTP, progresses through escalating alert stages, and triggers automated actions if you stop responding.
February 13, 2026
pagevault: Hiding an Encryption Platform Inside HTML
pagevault turns any file into a self-contained encrypted HTML page. No backend, no JavaScript libraries, no external dependencies. Just AES-256-GCM and the browser's built-in Web Crypto API. The interesting part is making it work at scale.
December 12, 2025
hypothesize: Now on CRAN
My R package for hypothesis testing, hypothesize, is now available on CRAN.
October 20, 2025
Everything is a File: Virtual Filesystems for CLI Data Tools
How I turned scattered data managers into navigable systems using virtual filesystems and POSIX commands.
November 15, 2024
Why I Build Comprehensively in Open Source
On building comprehensive open source software as value imprinting at scale, reproducible science, and leaving intellectual legacy under terminal constraints.
May 8, 2020
Building R Packages for Statistical Inference
I'm building R packages for reliability analysis, not just using other people's. R's strengths for statistical computing are real, and building packages forces you to understand the theory.
September 18, 2018
Why Open Source Matters for Reproducible Science
Code is a scientific artifact. If you don't publish it, you're hiding your methodology.