Thoughts on iOS development, tech, and building apps
I show up every day with warmth, optimism, and curiosity driven to create, discover, and grow. I value my time above all else and am dedicated to the people I love in the pursuit of meaningful progress.
I earn my place through effort and creating value. I embrace failure as a teacher and expand my capacity at the edge of understanding. Humor connects, reflection deepens, and action shapes evolution.
Life is a miracle and I believe in a pattern of chaos, progress, perfection, and kindness as my foundation. Above all, I aim to build a legacy of growth, impact, and love one day at a time.
2025 has been nothing short of a whirlwind—a year of incredible growth, unexpected challenges, and discovering tools that have fundamentally changed how I build software.
Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. While that's put an interesting filter on my perspective on growth, it's also pushed me into a hyper-growth mindset. When your life expectancy takes a hit, you start thinking differently about time. You want to make things happen faster, build more, create more impact. It's been challenging to work through, but it's also been a catalyst for some of the most productive months of my life.
But this isn't a blog about health—it's about the tools, apps, and insights from a year spent obsessively building software.
The tool that has fundamentally transformed my perspective on development is Cursor AI.
Eight years ago, I got a coding certificate from Dev Mountain bootcamp here in Utah. Back then, building even simple interfaces was a massive undertaking. Linking UI components to databases took tons of organization and countless hours of manual coding.
Now? Development with Cursor has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life. It's not even coding anymore—it's development. You can build fully custom tools that make your life and work easier, and it's incredibly fun.
I pretty much run my life and work through Cursor. All my computer work gets documented through it. I can build tools, organize filing systems, create databases, and interact with them through various language models and agents—all within one interface. This technology is genuinely amazing.
Alongside Cursor, I got our Tempest construction team to start using Notion. It's been a massive upgrade for project tracking, project management, and team cooperation. Notion's recent updates include agent features that can interact with your databases and files—another example of AI making workflow management incredibly powerful.
My highest-performing app by revenue is Simple Takeoff, built for construction workers. You can set scale on construction prints, pull measurements, track counts, and categorize takeoffs by type (power, sewer, etc.). It's primarily for underground utility construction, and it's made nearly $500 in sales.
My most downloaded app is the Type 1 Diabetes Guide, built with my buddy Emit Meyer. It had a sudden spike in downloads during a trip to Maine for my sister's wedding. The app is designed for newly diagnosed diabetics—a handbook that says "here's what this disease is, here's how to manage it, and it's all going to be okay." We're working on building better support features into the app.
The Book Quizzes app features my personal library with quizzes on book contents. I'm currently adding a forum where users can create profiles, comment on books, and see book outlines. It's been tricky navigating App Store requirements for community features (reporting, blocking, profile deletion), but we've built comprehensive features to meet Apple's standards.
The Beer Club app lets you join or create clubs, chat, and track beers consumed by individuals and the whole club. It's mostly for fun with friends, but there's good opportunity if it takes off. Getting chat features approved through App Store Connect has been an interesting challenge.
This app lets you upload bid schedules in simple text format and generate professional construction proposals. It's a feature that adds serious professionalism to the bidding process. We're planning to expand it for other types of proposals, invoices, and construction documents.
The Tasks.md app syncs with your iCloud and lets you interact with markdown files as databases. You can update tasks, add tasks, all from your phone—something that wasn't really available before. It's live in the App Store and fills a real need.
This app teaches people about mind mapping and memory recall techniques. It's also live in the App Store and helps users improve their learning and retention.
Big Loop is essentially a souped-up clipboard manager with Apple Continuity sync. Copy something on your computer, and it appears in the app on your phone. The coolest feature is customizable prompts—you can save prompts and apply them to your notes.
For example:
The newest version includes OpenAI API integration for voice mode, so you can listen to your notes with high-quality voice synthesis.
This year in construction has taught me valuable skills: estimating, project management, working hard, being part of a team, dealing with people, meeting deadlines, operating equipment, managing crews, and keeping customers happy. I've learned what not to do and that the customer is always the boss.
It's been challenging, but I'm focusing on doing the best job I can while developing these iOS and macOS skills to see where they lead.
I've discovered Stripe Press—Stripe's publishing company with expertly designed covers and incredible content. I've bought all their books and am tearing through "Scaling People" right now. I'm also working through "The Art of Doing Science and Engineering" and Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World," which offers fascinating perspective on living in a world of misinformation.
Life is good. I'm building a lot of tools, learning constantly, and excited about where this development journey leads. The intersection of AI tools, custom app development, and real-world problem-solving has created an incredible foundation for growth.
The tools are getting better, the possibilities are expanding, and I'm just getting started.
This is my first blog post sharing insights into what I'm building and how I'm building it. More to come as I continue this journey of growth and development.