Software Engineer · Utah
Hi, I'm Dustin. I make systems do the boring parts for me.
Full-stack engineer, people manager, and relentless automator. I build products, unblock teams, and write about what I learn along the way.
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I Kept Missing Meetings, So I Built an Alarm Google Calendar Can’t Whisper Through
Calendar Alarm is a free, open-source Chrome extension that turns Google Calendar reminders into a full-screen alarm, without asking for access to your Google account.
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Get Your Feet Wet with AI for Free: Build and Publish a Website Without Spending a Dime
A step-by-step guide to trying an AI agent for free. Set up Hermes Agent with a free Nous Portal account, have it build an 11ty blog for an aspiring ghostwriter, push it to GitHub, and publish it on Netlify.
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I Built My Own Evernote Replacement. Seven Months Later, I Love It.
I built DocManFu to cancel Evernote. Now I scan a document, let OCR and AI sort it out, and use the bills page to keep track of what I owe.
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Muse Spark 1.3 Built Me Asteroids in 26 Seconds
I gave the Muse Spark 1.3 model from Zen (Free) my standard model test — build a single-page Asteroids game — and it shipped a working, sound-effects-and-all game in 26.3 seconds.
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I Stopped Writing My Daily Standup from Memory
How I use Hermes, Obsidian, and Claude Code session history to draft a better daily standup from the work trail I already leave behind.
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