Writing
How the apps get built, what shipped, and what we got wrong.
All posts
- 12 September 2026 · 8 minToddler-Proof Your iPhone: 7 Settings Every Parent Should KnowToddler-proof your iPhone with 7 essential settings, from Guided Access to purchase locks, that stop little fingers from causing expensive chaos.
- 10 September 2026 · 6 minFishing by Moon Phase: A Practical GuideA practical fishing moon phase calendar guide: how new, full, and quarter moons affect the bite and how to plan trips around lunar cycles.
- 5 September 2026 · 8 minWedding Anniversary Milestones: Names, Meanings, and Gift Ideas by YearTraditional wedding anniversary names by year — paper, silver, gold and more — with meanings and gift ideas for each milestone.
- 3 September 2026 · 6 min50 Dates Worth Tracking: Beyond Birthdays and Anniversaries50 meaningful dates worth tracking beyond birthdays and anniversaries — first dates, adoption days, sobriety milestones, and more.
- 1 September 2026 · 6 minAnniversary Countdown Widget for iPhone: Setup GuideSet up an anniversary countdown widget on iPhone: add it to your home and lock screen so the day count is always in view.
- 1 September 2026 · 6 minBest Fishing Times by Season: When to Go Out All YearBest fishing times by season: how spring, summer, fall, and winter change the bite and the daily hours to target all year long.
- 1 September 2026 · 5 minHow to Build Huge Agent Knowledge Bases Without Huge Context WindowsUse progressive disclosure, scoped Skills, and context measurements to give coding agents depth without loading every rule up front.
- 1 September 2026 · 4 minStop Putting Everything in CLAUDE.mdA practical guide to keeping CLAUDE.md small: put invariants in the root, move procedures into Skills, and keep context useful.
- 1 September 2026 · 5 minYour CLAUDE.md Needs Tests TooTreat CLAUDE.md, Skills, and agent policies as software: version them, test real tasks, and check robustness before rollout.
- 30 August 2026 · 5 minBest Small Ollama Models for a Home Mac in 2026A practical shortlist of small Ollama models for a home Mac, with current model tags, download sizes, honest memory caveats, and a repeatable way to choose.
- 30 August 2026 · 3 minHow Many Days Have We Been Together? Count It CorrectlyCalculate how many days you have been together, choose Day 0 or Day 1, and keep 100-day and yearly milestones from slipping past.
- 30 August 2026 · 3 minHow to Learn Phrasal Verbs Without Memorising a Giant ListUse frequency, retrieval, real examples, listening and spaced reviews to make common English phrasal verbs easier to recognise and recall.
- 30 August 2026 · 3 minA Prime Minister Simulator Where Every Decision Costs YouHow a political survival game turns Cabinet loyalty, public opinion, the press and Parliament into decisions where there is rarely a safe answer.
- 30 August 2026 · 4 minSign a PDF on Your iPhone Without a PrinterScan, sign and return a document from your phone — and why print-sign-scan was never adding the security people assume it did.
- 30 August 2026 · 5 minTonight's Moon Phase, and What It Actually Tells YouThe eight phases, why moonrise shifts by about 50 minutes a day, and how to use the phase to plan photography or a dark-sky night.
- 29 August 2026 · 6 minOllama Setup Guide: Serving Models on Your Local NetworkA complete OLLAMA_HOST setup guide: bind Ollama to your network, open the firewall, verify port 11434, and connect from Android or iPhone.
- 29 August 2026 · 7 minRun a Private LLM at Home and Use It From Your PhoneRun an LLM locally on your own hardware and reach it from Android or iPhone. A privacy- and cost-focused guide to self-hosted AI with Ollama.
- 18 August 2026 · 4 minWhy Our Apps Keep Your Data On Your DeviceMost of our apps have no servers, no accounts and no copy of your data. That's an engineering decision as much as a privacy one.
- 4 August 2026 · 4 minTaking a Passport Photo at Home: Rules and Common RejectionsSizes, background, expression and lighting for passport and visa photos — and the handful of mistakes that get them rejected.
- 28 July 2026 · 4 minHow We Maintain 53 iOS AppsFifty-three apps, one shared Swift package. How a small studio keeps a large catalogue alive without a large team.