I build working prototypes for problems I'm thinking through. Most of what's here is either running in production or a proof-of-concept for an essay I haven't written yet.
Currently PEIR at Occupant / State Capacity AI. Assistant Professor of Practice in Urban Technology, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.
- occupant.ee — Public benchmarks for AI compute. Three daily indices: Compute CPI (price deflation across model tiers), AEAI (token throughput, spend, energy), LDI (labor displacement cost-per-workload). 2,300+ models, open methodology.
- oregontennis.org — Ranking system for Oregon high school tennis.
- makingpublicwork.com — Newsletter. Essays on how services actually work.
- heypbj.xyz — Dating app built on Stratified Preference Allocation. 15 tiered slots per week instead of infinite swipes. Testing whether scarcity plus legibility produces different outcomes than the Big Three.
- leafroll.fun — Professional network where connections cost credits and both sides review each other. Argument: LinkedIn rewards collecting, not knowing.
- The Chip Window — NBA draft reform mechanism that severs the tie between losing and draft position. Bid Standardization replaces the lottery: teams wager chips over a 22-game window, most chips picks first. Live simulation: giantplanet.org.
- Viperball — Collegiate dynasty simulator for a sport that doesn't exist. Started as a Reddit thread about 1894 Yale vs. a modern team, became a full rulebook: no forward pass, six downs, drop kicks for 5, 187-team women's league. The sport is the prototype.
- kizukizu.club — Relationship compatibility assessment built on seven Nordic-inspired archetypes. 33 questions across five modules. Surfaces how your inner landscape interacts with someone else's, not which "type" you are.
- toccer.com — Tennis Polo. Field sport played with a tennis ball, goalkeepers with rackets. Created in 2004, mostly by accident.
- Viperball — Collegiate dynasty simulator for a sport that doesn't exist, surely the first text-sim made based off of a reddit thread.
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