My Projects
Here are some of the projects I work on in my spare time. I'll try to keep this up to date, but I'm always having silly ideas, so who knows? 🤷♂️
Pure Commons
Pure Commons is my attempt to build thoughtful tools for the small web. It's the umbrella under which I put all my other Pure web applications.
Visit Pure CommonsPure Blog
Pure Blog is a simple, flat-file blogging platform with a Markdown-first editor and a lightweight admin area. It stores posts and pages as Markdown files on disk—no database required.
Visit Pure BlogPure Comments
Pure Comments lets you add clean, lightweight comments to any website. There no tracking, no ads, and no bloat. Pure Comments is built for personal publishers who want a straightforward way for readers to join the conversation.
Visit Pure CommentsSimple.css
Simple.css is a CSS framework that makes semantic HTML look great, right out of the box. If you wish, you can then build upon it to make something really cool.
Visit Simple.css100 Days to Offload
100 Days to Offload is a challenge for people to publish 100 posts on their personal blog in a year. The point is to just write.
Visit 100 Days to OffloadCoin Flipper
Over the years I've made a number of important decisions with the flip of a coin, so I decided to make my own little coin flipper app.
Visit Coin FlipperThe Web is F**ked
The Web Is F**ked is an essay I wrote about my concerns with Web 2.0 and 3.0. It’s a lot of me reminiscing about how good the web was in the 90s/00s.
Visit The Web is F**kedPersonal Journal
I've built my own journal, which is very simple, but satisfies my needs. I've published it on GitHub in case it's and use to others. Here's more details about it.
Visit Personal JournalSunset projects
Over time there have been projects that I've started, and later sunset. Here's a list of those projects:
The 512KB Club
The 512KB Club is a collection of performance-focused web pages from across the Internet that are less than 512KB in size, uncompressed. I sunset this project in March 2026, but Brad took it over.
Visit The 512KB ClubFosstodon
Fosstodon is one of the biggest technology instances on the Fediverse. Fosstodon is a Mastodon instance that I co-founded with my good friend, Mike. As of April 2025, I've moved away from Fosstodon.
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