// builder · honolulu, hawaii
"Greatness is a small word but a big concept."
— Bonnie J. Fox
I build things that solve real problems — and write down how.
I'm chasing greatness — and building real relationships and a collaborative space between me, my clients, and my community. This is where I share what I build across networks, automation, and code, and what I learn along the way.
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When Strava Paywalled My Own Runs, I Brought Them Home
Strava started charging for access to my own running data, so I stopped renting and built my own — watch to home server to website — and ended up with a better running page than the free plan ever gave me.
Adding a Contact Form to Moshin Media: Turning Visitors Into Real Inquiries
A follow-up to the Moshin Media rebuild — giving the site a simple way for potential clients to reach John directly, straight to his inbox.
Why I rebuilt my site
I loved my old Obsidian Digital Garden — but I outgrew it. Here's why I rebuilt on my own stack with Claude, what I kept, and what I gained.
The Moshin Media Rebuild: From Generic WordPress to a Premium Real Estate Media Site
A project story about speed, trust, and what it takes to modernize a visual brand without losing the business behind it.
Do AI Agents Dream of Pickleball Rallies
How I reverse-engineered an undocumented court-booking platform with an AI coding agent to automatically reserve prime-time pickleball courts, working around Cloudflare, misleading availability endpoints, and a form-based booking flow.
Beyond the code
updated daily// github · commits this year
// health · running
- Nov 127.4 mi
- Nov 106.2 mi
- Nov 76.2 mi
- Nov 46.4 mi
- Nov 37.2 mi
- Oct 312.1 mi
- Oct 303.6 mi
| Night | Total | Deep | REM | Light | Awake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-08 | 321 | 52 | 49 | 220 | 23 |
| 2026-11-11 | 67 | 30 | 2 | 34 | 157 |
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