
What It Actually Costs to Run My Entire Life in a Custom App Built With Claude Code
I’ve now got more than thirty days of real cost data on the dashboard I built in Claude Code, the one a lot of you
I write about productivity, self-development, and building things that matter.

I’ve now got more than thirty days of real cost data on the dashboard I built in Claude Code, the one a lot of you

For years I’ve tried to put together a productivity system that actually fit my life. If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ve watched me

On building a system that changed my week, chasing a fix that wasted a month, and the line between them A few weeks ago, I

On burnout, wandering, and the difference between what happened to you and what you participated in Friday evening I opened a Claude chat, connected it

On personal CRMs, a bus driving away, and what we lose when we outsource the work of remembering This past weekend my son left on

On a finished journal, an over-engineered system, and the thing that’s quietly killing your consistency I just finished my third journal. Front to back. 250ish

On a month of depletion, a line that landed while driving, and what it means to lead when you don’t know where the ground is.

On forced pivots, chosen ones, and the hardest transition most builders eventually face I’ve made about five or six significant pivots in thirty years of

On confirmation, self-deception, and the things we already know but haven’t changed yet On January 1st, I started uploading my handwritten journal entries to be