Projects that Blend Code, Curiosity, and Craft

CARE-writer is a collaborative web platform for authoring medical case reports in alignment with CARE guidelines. Built with Angular, Yjs, and ProseMirror, it enables real-time co-editing, version control, and structured data export for academic publishing.

I designed CARE-writer’s architecture from the ground up — from the GraphQL + Go backend to the rich-text editor and multilingual support — to make the process of writing, reviewing, and sharing medical case reports faster, clearer, and more collaborative.

I built Santa Fe Hot Sheets to make sense of the local “hot sheet” reports that most residents never see. What started as a weekend experiment — sparked by curiosity about what was happening in the park near my house — evolved into a community resource: an interactive map of recent incidents across the Santa Fe area.

It’s a reminder that good code can make public information not just visible, but useful. The current app is a version 1, and I have many updates planned to improve usability and expand its value for the community.

This was one of my all-time favorite projects — a bespoke tool built to appraise a private library of more than 12,000 books, some dating back to the 18th century.

My client’s late father had spent decades building the collection, and the family wanted an accurate valuation before donating it for tax purposes. I designed a system that parsed each book’s metadata, matched ISBNs where available, and queried viaLibri’s API, which aggregates listings from international booksellers.

The result was a comprehensive valuation report with median, high, and low estimates for every title — a project that blended engineering precision, data automation, and a genuine appreciation for the stories behind the books.

Early in my career as an app developer, I was subcontracted by a local web development agency to build and update two mobile apps that highlighted Santa Fe County's landscape and culture.

The Santa Fe Trail Maps app — originally developed by a friend in 2016 — received a major refresh in 2018, which I rebuilt using React Native for both iOS and Android. The project deepened my interest in geospatial data and interactive mapping, with features that let users explore local trails and public lands right from their phones.

The Santa Fe County Experience app expanded that idea, helping residents and visitors discover local businesses, hiking trails, and cultural attractions throughout the county.

Although both apps have since been retired from the app stores for reasons outside my control, they remain two of my favorite early projects — and the place where my love of data-driven maps truly began.

Poo Poo Plotter started as a way to get my kids interested in what I do for a living — and it worked! What began as a silly family idea about “mapping dog poop” quickly turned into a playful experiment in community reporting and civic design.

Built with React Native and the Google Maps API, the app lets users tag locations of dog waste, bag stations, trash cans, and water stations, creating a real-time map of park conditions. Data is stored locally for privacy and performance, with plans to sync to the cloud in future versions.

It’s a mix of humor, family creativity, and practical problem-solving — a reminder that even the goofiest projects can inspire curiosity and spark meaningful ideas.

The Poo Poo Plotter app isn’t currently available in the App Store. Apple rejected it after I included a “Donate” option on the companion website, insisting that all donations happen inside the app so they could take a cut. Rather than compromise, I plan to rebuild it as a Progressive Web App (PWA) — open, accessible, and free from platform gatekeeping.

The Santa Fe App is an early step toward a larger vision — a city-wide platform to help residents and visitors see what’s happening around them in real time. Right now, it functions as an aggregator of a few local RSS feeds.

Built with React, the current version focuses on content aggregation — but the long-term goal is a richer, interactive map that highlights events, community reports, and local services in a single view.

Like many of my projects, it’s rooted in curiosity and a love of place — an ongoing experiment in how technology can bring a community closer together.

It's not much right now and needs some updates. But, hey, my client work has to come first.

Upcoming plans include adding more local RSS feeds, improving the UI and user experience, and integrating a local radio player to make the app a more complete window into what’s happening in Santa Fe.

I build websites with PayloadCMS, a modern, developer-first content platform built on Next.js. It gives me full control — I code my own blocks, create my own themes, and shape every interaction without fighting templates or drag-and-drop tools. This site runs on Payload, and I use it to push the boundaries of what a website can be.

I’ve worked with plenty of WordPress sites over the years, and while it works for many people, it’s often a tangle of plugins, overrides, and quick fixes. Payload lets me skip all that and focus on what actually matters: clean, fast, maintainable code.