CFCX Life Building my finance module in public
I built a finance page in my second brain and realized the hard part wasn’t the system. It was looking at the…
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How the days get made, captured, and rebuilt.
The mundane made visible: how I plan and prep, the AI workflow running under this site, the systems I only noticed I had built once someone asked. The backend of an ordinary life.
Visible systems
Intent written down, not just felt. The day stops running on autopilot.
Built by talking
I describe what I want, the tools draft, I keep the final call.
It still breaks
Honest about what the new tools get wrong, not just what they speed up.
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CFCX Life Trying to Save the Family Stories
I tried building an AI memory system for our family stories, and learned the hard part was never the scanning.
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CFCX Life The family call got crowded
A family call that started with hosting plans turned into Medicaid paperwork, genealogy records, and me…
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CFCX Life A call with my mom on the way to the store
I called my mom from the car and ended up talking through software, kids, moving, a wedding, and medical…
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CFCX Life A call that kept spilling into everything
A casual work call turned into client frustration, AI tool weirdness, automation fixes, and me noticing how…
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CFCX Life Giving Back to the Trails at Ocala
A weekend in Ocala National Forest spent cleaning trails, clearing debris, and helping reopen access, with…
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calm mindset Visible Systems, Lived-In Days
Routines can quietly run our days like background code — invisible but powerful. This piece explores how…
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CFCX Life Offroading with Claude and n8n
Hooked Claude into n8n for real work: Slack to tickets, docs to summaries, URLs to “should I care?”. Some…
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boundaries The hotel rule for family visits
Using a simple rule—always get your own space for complex family visits—to stay sane, show up fully, and stop…
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AI Workflow Realizing I’ve Built An AI System
Talking with a colleague made me realize I’ve accidentally built an AI system. What worked, what didn’t, and…
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AI Messing With AI On My Own Site
Playing with AI on the backend of this site: what it helped, what broke, and why I’ll keep using it anyway.
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