Tag / Development
Welcome to the Atomic Drafting Room
Why I tore down the Renaissance Technical design and rebuilt the site in Raygun Gothic — atomic starbursts, chrome typography, and a turquoise-coral-gold palette that finally feels like me.
Bringing AI to IBM i: An MCP Server with 31 System Tools
A BYOK MCP server that exposes 31 facade tools for IBM i observability, job management, and security. Built to train new users and accelerate expert workflows.
Surveyor: A Field-Tested Network Discovery Tool for MSPs
From Raspberry Pi prototype to Wails desktop app: how Surveyor replaces manual nmap commands with stealth scanning and RFC 1918 auto-discovery.
Renaissance Technical: Designing with AI
How I used OpenCode and Gemini to build a "Renaissance Technical" design system that pits rigid grids against organic circles—and why AI is the brush, not the painter.
A Production-Ready Knex Dialect for IBM i DB2
Streaming queries, emulated RETURNING, multi-row inserts, and a custom migration runner. This is the Knex dialect I wish existed when I started building on IBM i.
TanStack Hono: A Lightweight SSR Monolith Without the Meta-Framework Weight
Single-process SSR + CSR with type-safe RPC, Vite, React, and Hono. The goal is low operational complexity without giving up dynamic UI.
Building a Type-Safe Full-Stack Starter with Fastify and Astro
A complete starter template combining Astro, Fastify, tRPC, Lucia, React, NextUI, and Drizzle into a single type-safe monolith.
Go Is the Right Choice for Network Tools. Here Is the Proof
Six months into Go, I rewrote a network scanner and built a custom event bus. The language is simpler than expected, with one big limitation on IBM i.
Why I Picked Up Go After 20 Years of Web Development
After two decades of JavaScript, PHP, and Python, I am picking up Go to solve a real performance problem—and the early impressions are strong.
Stop Using Arrays for Real-Time State in React
Using a native Map instead of an array eliminates O(n) scans for updates and simplifies real-time event handlers in React.
A Modern Feathers.js Stack on IBM i: Real-Time APIs on DB2
Real-time WebSockets, REST APIs, and a Vite React frontend running directly on IBM i using Feathers.js and a custom Knex adapter for DB2.
Why Node.js Is My Default for Backend Automation
Node.js dominates my automation stack because the ecosystem is massive and the training barrier is low. Here is how I structure scheduled backend jobs.
A Feathers.js Prototype for Customer Demographics and Automated Emails
A proof-of-concept full-stack app using Feathers.js, React, Vite, and shadcn/ui to manage customer demographics and trigger anniversary and birthday emails.
A Network Discovery App for MSP Client Onboarding
A Node.js tool to automate nmap scans, whois lookups, and DNS queries during MSP onboarding. Built for the Raspberry Pi with Fastify and Solid.js.
Tracking Warehouse Inventory with Laravel, Vue.js, and Barcode Scanning
A vinyl fencing company needed a warehouse inventory system. I built a Vue.js SPA with barcode scanning and shareable filters, backed by a Laravel API.
A Badge-Scanning Time Tracker for Warehouse Floors
Warehouse employees scan badges or barcodes to log tasks. I built a Vue.js + Laravel app with URL-synced filters for easy reporting.