Projects
All the things I've built, one day at a time.
Birgit Studio: A Desktop CMS for Pottery
A family member wanted to show her pottery online. Built a full desktop CMS with Electrobun and Bun that manages creations, edits images, and publishes to Cloudflare Pages—in one morning.
Drift: Cross-Platform Clipboard Sync with End-to-End Encryption
Building a clipboard sync tool between macOS and Windows—two different languages (Swift and Go), one shared protocol, and end-to-end encryption via 6-digit PIN pairing. Named after Pacific Rim's neural handshake.
Bishop: A TUI for npm Package Management
Built a terminal UI for managing npm packages after topgrade kept showing cryptic warnings with no context about where issues came from.
Holly: Personal Presence Sensor for HomeKit
ESP32-C6 BLE sensor that detects when specific people are in the room, integrated with HomeKit via Matter—enabling personalized lighting automations.
Lock: Building a macOS Menubar App Without Learning Swift
Building a Bluetooth proximity screen lock for macOS—AI agent chose Swift/SwiftUI stack, wrote all the code, and guided me through Apple's code signing and notarization process. Built in one day without touching Swift syntax.
Welcome to one.daybuilds.ai
The first post - explaining what this site is about and why I'm documenting my quick builds.
Building This Site in a Day
Building my.daybuilds.ai with Astro 5, from zero to deployed on Cloudflare Pages—including content schema, theme system, and RSS feed.
iPhone Explorer: What's Actually on My Phone?
A Node.js web app that connects to iPhones via USB, lists installed apps with metadata, and scores privacy concerns—built in one day because a family member needed help deciding which apps to delete, and the tool didn't exist.