Rach Smith's digital garden

A friend asked me if I could build him a simple website for his new Mechanical Engineering business: just a few pages showing off what they’re about and what they can do.

When you put something in the oven and need to remember to take it out, or put washing in the machine and need to remember to hang it out, or need to do anything else time-sensitive like take medication, set a reminder for it.

I was a very happy Arc user for a couple of years, but after The Browser Company announced they would no longer be working on it, I started to assess alternatives.

Recently I've been experimenting with adding title-less notes to this site, for thoughts the length of a microblog or social post.

The whole “vibe coding” thing is another reminder that quite a lot of people working in tech don’t understand the difference between programs and products -- Dylan Beattie in The Problem with “Vibe Coding” Love the distinction made by Dylan in this post.

I have this story in my head, that the longer I go without writing a note here, the better that note has to be when I do eventually come back and post again.

I was texting with my best friend.

This year I set a goal to journal every day in the hope I can write one of these 2024 year-in-review notes for my site.

Last I had a Hobonichi Techo Cousin and I loved so many things about it: the paper, the layout, how flat it lays on the desk.

A conversation about the day's playground shenanigans with one of my kids had me asking him: "do you know what social skills are?".

Sometimes I've just gotta clear the house of extra stuff.

Recently, my attention has been focused on building web apps to suit my very specific needs.

I had a journal entry in my Hobonichi Techo Cousin for every day this year until July, where I have a string of blank pages.

Sometimes I get asked by newcomers how one can become a developer like me - specifically, with a job and career like mine.

I was starting to get over the lettering practice by this week, as I had run out of ideas and felt like it was getting repetitive.

Three-quarters of the way through this month's creative challenge!

I've been trying out a new thing lately - carrying a pocket notebook around with me and using it to capture diary entries, thoughts and tasks instead of my phone.

Another week of lettering pieces.

I've enjoyed my daily lettering challenge for the month of June so far!

I love a good comedy series.