This month I've worked on all kinds of projects. I also found ways to streamline tasks with vibe coding, focusing on what I want the app to do and look like, while leaving the boring parts to others. You still have to hold the "AI's" hand a lot, but the boring stuff is actually helpful.

The Year of Code App has undergone significant updates, including the addition of project boards, which make it easier to manage and display. This was something I'd wanted to do for a while, but it wasn't a necessity. I believe I can apply the knowledge I gained from it to my project management system, which I plan to build in the future.

I also found it interesting to run a private WoW server, where I discovered a bunch of mods to add, and I came up with Grownup. This mod starts players small in size, and as they level up, they grow to full height. At higher levels, they get slightly bigger. This was a fun project that was different than my usual stuff and used C++.

After seeing a "speed visualizer" from a random Twitter post, I created a visualizer that lets you customize the bouncing ball. This was mainly JS vibe coded, but it was fun to go back and forth with GPT-5 and see if I could push it to make things how I wanted.

Another random tool I made was a MAUI app that lets you put in the price and quantity of a product and calculate the per-item price. This also kept track of details like stores, names, and prices, allowing you to go back and see the history. The only problem is how lame Apple is about loading apps you write yourself in MAUI, which can't be put on an iPhone without a developer account, and I don't want to pay for that until I know I have something to profit from. Maybe this price per app could be something?

Short Point is another app I created to provide an interface for displaying tech news in a format suitable for direct recording in short-form videos. The idea is to display a news story and an image on a retro computer program, record the app while narrating the story, and then upload the video as a YouTube Short or TikTok. I'm unsure if I care enough about tech news videos to create them daily and grow my channel.

After watching a video from a guy I follow who typically does stuff with satellites, he had a video on organizing his pantry. So I made a web app called "Save It for Pantry" as a play on his channel name and the project. The app lets you scan or enter UPCs, building up a database of products, then having a list of what products you have stored in various locations. As you use them, you can add them to shopping lists for different stores. I let Gemini handle a lot of the "boring work," and I realized I was holding myself back by not utilizing Entity Framework. Even Theo did a video recently on how a business went from using mostly TypeScript to using C#, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework for their CRUD and server backend. I believe my web app is now ready for most users. It also uses MySQL for easier deployment to a Linux server; I probably could have just used SQLite, but using a full DB feels better.

I also worked on a few other projects. I was trying to figure out my digital sign system. Additionally, I'm working on developing a blog system, and now I'd like to incorporate Gist-style pages. And a quick vibe-coded console app for installing all of the NerdFonts.

Built a lot of new stuff, played more with a few different LLMs, and kind of changed my mind on using some technologies to make my experience building things easier. We need to get a few of these projects into a state where they can be offered for subscriptions or on a marketplace.