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Apr 01 • 👨‍💻 Software
Developing iOS Apps in Cursor with Sweetpad (Yes, It Works)

Developing iOS Apps in Cursor with Sweetpad (Yes, It Works)

For the past few months, I’ve been using Sweetpad, a macOS extension designed for VS Code-based editors like Cursor. It’s made Apple app development significantly more pleasant by enabling me to build native iOS, watchOS, and macOS apps directly in Cursor—without always having to use Xcode.
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Mar 26 • 🤔 Thinking about
Learning to Play with the Machines

Learning to Play with the Machines

In high school, I experimented with making music with an Akai sampler. I was fascinated by the endless ways to tweak audio and it felt revolutionary—much like AI does to me today. While I find AI exhilarating, I recognize that playing with it isn't as fun sounding to everyone.
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Mar 17 • 🤔 Thinking about
I Searched for Earthquake Info. Siri Sent Me to a Website Last Updated in 2019.

I Searched for Earthquake Info. Siri Sent Me to a Website Last Updated in 2019.

Tonight, I felt an earthquake and wanted to learn more about it. So, I opened Safari and searched for “Bay Area Earthquake.” Siri suggested a website with a seismic tracker that hadn't been updated in nearly six years.
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Mar 12 • 🌁 San Francisco
Tracking Accountability in the New SF Mayor’s Office

Tracking Accountability in the New SF Mayor’s Office

I reached out to the new San Francisco Mayor's Office to ask how I can monitor the progress of their initiatives. After all, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” I haven’t received a response yet, but if and when I do, I’ll share what I learn as I definitely intend to continue to followup.
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Feb 20 • 👀 Discovering
Building a Custom GPT for Developer-Ready Specs

Building a Custom GPT for Developer-Ready Specs

After reading Harper’s post on leveraging LLMs for brainstorming and generating actionable plans and specs, I decided to build a custom GPT using the prompts he outlined in step one.
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