Builds · After hours
I build things
to learn things.
Tools I wanted for myself, then shared in case they're useful to someone else.
A look inside
Around sixty species for the place and month you pick.
Ranked by how often each species is observed. You can see what's typical for a given month, or what's turned up in the last week, for any location.
40km
Search radius
Close enough to go look.
iNat
Data source
iNaturalist research-grade observations.
Monthly
Refresh cadence
A new list each calendar month.
3
Categories
Birds, plants, insects.
Weekly & deeper
One species a week,
plus a few longer reads.
The grid shows what's around right now. There's also a featured species each week, and longer write-ups on how to recognize things and live alongside them.
Species of the Week
A focused profile, refreshed every Monday.
Field Notes & Guides
Longer reads on recognizing what you see and planting for it.
Gear list
Tools and gear worth having when you head out to look.
02 · Personal use
Bellwether
A companion app · POTS
A companion app I built for a loved one who lives with POTS. It watches the patterns that tend to set off a flare and gives a heads-up the day before: heat, big pressure swings, too many standing days in a row, short sleep.
