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My journey

Stuff Iโ€™ve built, for me and at work, from 2021 to now. Newest first.

2026

  1. projectMy own money app

    Pocketbook

    My own money app, so I can add any feature I want. AI reads my receipts and bank statements for me.

    1. Snap or share
    2. AI reads it
    3. Quick review
    4. Statement check
    5. Card cashback
  2. projectChat-based ledger

    Threadline

    Money-service staff log deposits, withdrawals and exchanges in Telegram. A bot does the maths and keeps the books.

    1. Receipt dropped
    2. Staff post it
    3. Bot maths
    4. Second check
    5. Daily reports
  3. projectHome server

    Homebase

    An old desktop turned home server. It runs my apps, nothing's open to the internet, and it rebuilds from code in under an hour.

    1. Old desktop
    2. All in code
    3. Locked down
    4. Nightly backups
    5. Pings me
  4. workretailPipelines on Google Cloud

    Airflow and dbt, built from code

    From cron jobs to Airflow and dbt, set up with Terraform and Ansible.

    1. Cron jobs
    2. Server from code
    3. Airflow + dbt
    4. Auto deploy
    5. Side by side
  5. workretailVersion control and reviews

    Getting the team onto git

    Git, code reviews and training, so every change is tracked and the team can run with it.

    1. No history
    2. Everything in git
    3. Review first
    4. Course and videos
    5. Team takes over
  6. workretailBI as code, plus an AI test drive

    Holistics, then asking in plain words

    One shared set of metrics in Holistics, then AI on top to answer questions in plain words.

    1. Old dashboards
    2. Holistics
    3. AI test drive
    4. AI-ready tables
    5. Test questions

2025

  1. worke-commerceData and dashboards on Databricks

    One home for data on Databricks

    From Google Sheets everywhere to pipelines and dashboards on Databricks.

    1. Data everywhere
    2. Scheduled ingestion
    3. Reports rebuilt
    4. Numbers checked
    5. Old stuff retired
  2. workpropertyMicrosoft Fabric pipelines

    First pipelines on Fabric

    Logic out of hidden stored procedures and into Fabric pipelines with git.

    1. Hidden procedures
    2. Into Fabric
    3. Tracked in git
    4. Power BI reports

2022

  1. projectWedding table finder

    Seatfinder

    For a close family member's wedding. Type your name, see your table on the map.

    1. Scan the QR
    2. Type a name
    3. Your table
    4. Live sheet
    5. Not listed?
  2. workfintechMoving pipelines off Excel macros

    Dagster on our own server

    From hand-run scripts and Excel macros to Dagster on our own server.

    1. Hand-run jobs
    2. Our own server
    3. Dagster + GitHub
    4. Move pipelines over
    5. One place to look

2021

  1. workfintechDebt collection decision engine

    Smarter debt collection

    A decision engine that picks what to collect, when, and how much to try.

    1. Overdue accounts
    2. Rules + ML
    3. Right time, amount
    4. Charge it
    5. Fewer wasted tries