In the wild
These aren’t toys — they’re four products I designed, built, and actually keep running. Idea to production: prompt, code, data, deploy. Most of the typing is AI; all of the calls are mine. Here’s what that looks like when it’s live and in someone’s hands.
Ben’s instant radar & weather
A no-nonsense weather radar. Base and composite reflectivity, precipitation type, echo tops, a 2-hour loop, ZIP-code lookup, and Atlantic / East-Pacific tropical tracking — installable to your home screen.
bendar.appLong-form essays, read aloud
In-depth pieces on infrastructure, history, economics, and culture — the kind of questions that sound simple until you actually chase them down. Every article ships with AI audio narration for the commute.
Read the blogMap-reading practice, one region at a time
Two quizzes across six regions. Nightfall Geographer asks you to name cities from satellite night-lights; River Reckoner tests rivers on relief maps. Play competitively or switch to study mode.
geoguess.appEverything I read, watch, and listen to
A single home for books, movies, TV, and albums — with ratings, tags, and a watchlist. It runs on Cloudflare D1 and even exposes an MCP server, so an AI assistant can add items and recommend the next one.