My First Open Source Contribution

My First Open Source Contribution

6 days ago

Inside the Building Permit Portal of America’s Largest City

Inside the Building Permit Portal of America’s Largest City

September 14, 2025

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My old desk setup in my Old Town Chicago apartment, where I built many of my early projects.

My First Open Source Contribution

How a small bot that monitors OpenAI API spec changes led to my first open source PR to the Vercel AI package.

6 days ago
Doing some work at Doma Café in Chicago. Breakfast place with ćevapi sausage, hashbrown, and an iced americano.

Introducing tailwindcss-textbox-trim

A Tailwind CSS plugin that enables precise typographic alignment using the CSS text-box-trim specification.

January 30, 2026
One World Trade Center rising above Lower Manhattan, photographed on 35mm Fujifilm with my Nikon FE from the West Village.

Inside the Building Permit Portal of America’s Largest City

While trying to understand whether a venue renovation would pass inspection, I discovered a major access control flaw in a municipal building portal.

September 14, 2025
A perfect summer afternoon by a rooftop pool in Chicago's West Loop.

Automating Pool Bed Reservations at a Private Members Club

How I reverse engineered a members club reservation API and built a bot that guarantees I always get a pool bed.

June 18, 2025