•4 min
[SnapJournal EP1] Creating an icon for the app
Designing SnapJournal's icon took three drafts and one unexpected metaphor. Here's how a random phrase about busy bees became the perfect visual identity for a journaling app
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•4 min
[SnapJournal EP0] I Thought It Would Be Easy (Spoiler: It Wasn't)
I thought building SnapJournal would be straightforward. It wasn't. What started as a simple solution to bridge paper planners and digital calendars turned into building an entire system—from AI-powered image processing to CI/CD pipelines and email automation.
•8 min
Creating my own blog with Claude + Notion from scratch
I built my own blog from scratch using Claude Code, Next.js, Tailwind, and Notion. This post walks through how I designed, debugged, and deployed it. Plus how I connected Notion as a CMS for automatic post syncing.