Updated July 2026

What I'm doing now

A snapshot of my current focus, inspired by Derek Sivers' now page movement. This is what occupies my time, attention and curiosity right now.

Active projects

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AI-assisted interface design

Active

Exploring where AI meaningfully improves product UX without adding noise — working on smart input systems, contextual suggestions and adaptive layouts that respect user intent.

📄

OCR document pipelines v2

Active

Rebuilding the OCR ingestion stack with better fallback strategies, multi-engine routing (Tesseract + Surya + Azure) and real-time progress feedback. Goal: 99% uptime and <2s median processing for standard docs.

🏠

Homelab resilience hardening

Active

Adding automatic health checks, zero-downtime deploy rollouts for Docker containers, and a proper off-site backup strategy.

💰

Product monetisation experiments

Experiment

Testing pricing models for Menu Planner and exploring revenue streams beyond consulting.

📝

Writing & knowledge sharing

Ongoing

Drafting a series on frontend architecture decisions, self-hosted infrastructure patterns, and the intersection of product thinking and engineering.

🛠️

Renovaciones App v2 planning

Planning

Mapping out the next iteration of the renovation planning tool — better calendar integration, budget tracking, and contractor coordination.

What I'm reading

Newsletter

The Pragmatic Engineer

Gergely Orosz

Book

Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track

Will Larson

Book

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann

About this page: This is a /now page. It's not a bio or a CV — just what I'm focused on at this point in my life. I update it every few months. If you have your own site, you should make one too.