Side projects, small digital tools, and writing about the web.https://jwcaterine.com/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2026-05-10-my-favorite-thing-ive-vibe-coded/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2026-05-10-my-favorite-thing-ive-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.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2026-03-09-3-web-redesign-projects-for-a-marine-science-institute/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2026-03-09-3-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.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2026-01-28-why-i-stopped-using-journal-apps/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2026-01-28-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.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2025-05-27-ux-lessons-from-redesigning-a-web-platform/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2025-05-27-ux-lessons-from-redesigning-a-web-platform/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.Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2024-07-16-carefree-data-viz-with-chatgpt/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2024-07-16-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.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-04-16-chat-gpt-is-not-your-coding-coach/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-04-16-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.Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-03-25-second-thoughts-on-second-brains/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-03-25-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.Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-01-30-the-best-dancers-in-french-electro-2022/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-01-30-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.Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-01-23-does-the-first-impression-rose-matter-statistically/https://jwcaterine.com/blog/2023-01-23-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.Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT