In the wild

Proof I ship with AI, end to end

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.

Bendar.app

Live tool

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.

  • Cloudflare
  • Radar / NWS data
  • PWA
bendar.app

Asks Stupid Questions

Publication

Long-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.

  • Essays
  • ElevenLabs audio
  • RSS · Bluesky
Read the writing

Geoguess.app

Learning game

Map-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.

  • NASA GIBS
  • Natural Earth
  • Open source
geoguess.app

Media Tracker

Personal app

Everything 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.

  • Cloudflare D1
  • MCP server
  • 502 items tracked
193 albums137 movies 103 shows66 books