TJ Fogarty | Frontend Software Engineer

When Swatcher was first released, it was a fairly simple concept - pull together paints from different brands available in Ireland, and explore them from one place.

I’ve been getting more into making music lately, especially around areas of writing interesting parts and how to mix them well.

One of the fun parts when learning to make music is playing around with different sounds to see what it kicks off.

I’ve been toying with the idea of writing music for many years now.

Swatcher was officially launched in May of 2025, and in that time, it has gone through many updates.

Since launching Swatcher, many things have changed.

Since I’ve been working on Swatcher, I’ve struggled with the idea of SEO.

I was working away on Swatcher a few weeks ago, and the server-side situation started to bother me.

I recently put together an app for my wife, who had the idea of collecting the recipes she finds in one place, and making it easy to set up meal plans and shopping lists so we can plan our week.

It seems I’m changing things every day on Swatcher.