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Thoughts on software engineering, the things I build and what I learn along the way.

2026

  • Sep 26, 2026

    Pulling a year of bank statements out of Gmail for one cent

    I used Jev, TypeSafe's new System One model, to find every bank statement in my inbox and file the PDFs by bank. 305 emails, about 200 ms per decision, and roughly a cent in model costs.

  • Sep 25, 2026

    Building an interactive email that still works in Outlook

    A look back at a personalized, interactive email I built for a card-member campaign: a CSS-only carousel, AMPscript personalization and a fallback for every inbox.

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