My Favorite Thing I've Vibe Coded
A workout-tracker PWA I built with Claude Code, why it worked when other vibe-coding projects haven't, and what it taught me about scope and the cost of personal software.
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3 Web Redesign Projects for a Marine Science Institute
Three collaborative web projects from my first six months as Web & Content Strategist at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and what they taught me about working within a CMS's constraints.
Why I Stopped Using Journal Apps
Why I ditched Notion and ChatGPT for plain markdown files on my own computer — and how journal apps make you self-censor without realizing it.
UX Lessons from Redesigning the AIE
How a navigation redesign of the Aquaculture Information Exchange doubled site traffic, what got lost in the shuffle, and what it taught me about discoverability and UX tradeoffs.
Carefree Data Viz with ChatGPT
How I use ChatGPT to make graphs in minutes instead of fighting with Excel, with three real examples from my journalism projects.
Chat-GPT is Not Your Coding Coach
How ChatGPT led me astray building my first web app — a baseball trivia game — and why an AI that never pushes back is no substitute for human mentorship.
Second Thoughts on Second Brains
Quitting Notion and building my own journal app with ChatGPT's help, and what "second brain" productivity apps really cost in privacy and control.
The Best Dancers in French Electro 2022
An ELO rating system for competitive Electro Dance, applied to five major French tournaments from 2022 to rank the country's best dancers.
Does the First Impression Rose Matter (Statistically)?
Using a randomization test on contestant data to find out whether winning The Bachelor's First Impression Rose actually predicts going farther on the show.
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