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Church Grid
Members, events, communication, giving, and reporting in one calm system, so small teams stop living in spreadsheets.
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I build software people quietly rely on.
I design, build, and run my own products, and I write about what the work teaches me.
Toronto, Canada · 43.6532° N · 79.3832° W
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Church Grid & Waveform Apps
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Latest writingFable 5, Export Controls, and GLM 5.2I’m Joel, a solo founder and engineer in Toronto, building my own products end to end.
I take products from first sketch through interface, data model, and the systems that keep them running. Calm UI, dependable engineering, and the small details that make software feel considered.
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Moment Gallery
Photography portfolio and inquiry site for Ontario event, portrait, corporate, and food work: image-first and built to book.
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Waveform Apps
Custom AI-powered web apps for teams that need speed and clean integration, from scoping through a maintained production system.
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03 / 03View all writingFable 5, Export Controls, and GLM 5.2
Anthropic's Fable 5 hit US export controls days after launch. GLM 5.2 shipped open weights in the same window. What builders should take from both.Romans 6: Dying to Live in Christ
Romans 6 on freedom in Christ: dying to sin and self so a new life can take root.The AI-Powered Developer: Building Modern Web Apps in 2026
Practical ways Claude Code, Copilot, and similar tools change shipping with Next.js 16 and React 19, without outsourcing judgment.Next step
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