This blog has always been a place to think out loud. About Zen, about parenting, about what it means to live a considered life in a noisy world. The projects below come from a different but related impulse. They are where technology meets problem solving, and where problem solving, at its best, leads to something useful for other people. Each one began as a personal challenge and became something more.
Red Lantern Readings redlanternreadings.com
Red Lantern Readings is a Chinese astrology reading site that generates personalised readings using AI. It came out of a desire to expand my technical toolkit, specifically to get hands-on with payment gateways, Supabase, Stripe, and Netlify deployment. Chinese astrology was a natural subject given my long interest in Eastern philosophy. The result is a site where ancient tradition meets modern tech.
VibeQuiz vibequiz.co.uk
VibeQuiz started as a technical experiment and grew into something I’m genuinely proud of. The frustration that sparked it was simple: finding gifts online felt soulless, dominated by the same generic results across the same giant platforms. Around the same time started it, I was spending time with local indie business owners and thinking about how an online tool might help them get noticed. VibeQuiz is a personality-based gift discovery site that asks a few questions about the person you’re buying for and suggests something genuinely suited to them. Over the past year it has grown to include a monthly indie business spotlight, vibe-based gift guides, and a vibes library.