What would you make?

These are some of my own personal projects. Some are still in progress. They started with something I wanted to figure out, fix, or make for myself.

You can bring a different idea. We’ll choose a small, useful first version together.

How fast are cars passing my house?

I wanted to understand the traffic on my street. I connected my front-door camera to a tool that estimates passing speeds, counts cars, and lets me look at traffic patterns over time.

View of the neighborhood traffic speed project — A frame from my front-door camera. Speeds are estimated from calibrated crossings.

A keyboard tray that fits my desk

I wanted a keyboard tray mounted under my desk, built around the space I actually had. With AI, I worked through the sliding mechanism, modeled the parts, and prepared them for my 3D printer.

3D model of the undermount keyboard tray in its open position — The keyboard tray model. Choose a position to see how it slides.

Plan the pergola before cutting wood

For a pergola in my garden, I needed to work through the dimensions, materials, and order of construction. AI helped me develop the plan and see how the parts fit together before taking it into the garden.

Coordinated 3D model of the planned garden pergola — The pergola planning model

An app for the clothes I already own

Photographs of my own clothes became the starting point for a wardrobe app. It lets me choose pieces and explore outfits around what I already own, the weather, and the occasion.

Screen from the personal wardrobe app — The personal wardrobe app

A useful place for the neighborhood

The Loop grew out of wanting a better place for neighbors to share recommendations, find out what’s happening, and help each other. A personal frustration became a community app.

Screen from The Loop neighborhood community project — The Loop’s App Store preview, with example neighborhood posts

Keep track of the next good story

Books, movies, and TV shows end up on a lot of different lists. I wanted a personal library that brings them together, with a place for what I’ve enjoyed and what I want to try next.

Screen from the personal books, movies, and television library — The personal library project

See the weather around a flight

Flying gave me a reason to build a dashboard of my own. I brought route information, weather, and departure windows into one view, then explored how to make the information easier to compare.

Illustrative flight-planning interface showing a Gulf Coast route and weather comparison — AI-rendered visualization based on my flight-planning project

Make sense of a car crash claim

After a car crash, I had an insurance claim to work through, with emails, documents, and questions spread across different places. I used AI to help organize the information and keep track of what still needed an answer.

Illustration of the documents and correspondence involved in a car insurance claim — Illustration based on the claim project

Start with something you care about.

The project gives you a reason to practice. The skills stay useful after it’s finished.

Skills you walk away with