Projects

Update November 2024: Updated the status of everything.

Current

• angus.plus, this website. While I originally wanted this to be a collection of business ideas from which I would choose one, build it and write about it to great success, life had other ideas. I'm doing so many things now that don't fit into that mold and I'm not writing about any of them so maybe this site needs a pivot.
• Angus TV+, A Media Logger For Shows and Movies. Inspired by my quick-and-dirty app in this post, I think there're more possibilities here. Curation service, maybe. Website embeds. Canada-specific streaming service data. A social thing with group watch nights. I'm not sure exactly what this will be, if anything. Just poking at the idea. See my page here.
• Untitled Novel Project, A Light-Sci-Fi Mystery Novel. First draft completed, currently working on revisions. It's 'light' sci-fi in that it vaguely related to space and such but that's not the core thing. It just happens to happen in a setting related to that. It's more about the mystery and figuring out life in your 40s. Still working on the second revision – it's taking way longer than expected.
• Food Board, My Personal Recipe Trello Board. This is very outdated now, and I've changed up my diet once again for the second time in 2024. Needs a full overhaul, but still has plenty of recipes that I used to know.

Back burner

• What Why Steps, A Todo App For Those With ADHD And ADHD-Like Traits. A proof of concept / beta is live now, try it out. I tested it with my own projects but I don't think it really has legs. Not sure this one will go much further but I may revisit it at some point. I'll keep it live though if anyone uses it.
• Untitled "AI" Website Maker. Can we take any ol' input and use intelligence to make sure the result is a beautiful website? Don't get too excited, there's limited use of generative AI in here, though it does have a small place. The real magic is in the other types of AI combined with tight human design control. Status: built a POC/MVP. It's very complex though so I'm not sure I can tackle it as a solo dev side project. I may have to drastically cut scope and see if there's a much simpler product in there.

Freezer

• Grapefruit, Consumer Mental Health App. A really customizable, but simple, mental health tool. Great for journalling, tracking mood and emotions, and doing some pattern analysis. As of 2024, it's shut down.
• Money Is Hard, An Un-Boring'ed Personal Finance Guide For Canadians. Personal finance writing is pretty dull. But the basics aren't that complicated. This is a guide, presented as a series of Q&As, as if you were talking to a friend. Written by self-taught non-experts for that extra down-to-earth flavor. Feedback was positive, so there's something here, but never got it out of the draft stage.

Last updated November 2024.