Notes
Notes on building, shipping, and running software in production.
- AI website builder or a web developer? An honest comparison for small businessesWhen an AI website builder is enough, when it isn't, and what each really costs over three years. An honest comparison from a Westchester web developer.
- How to get your Westchester business found on GoogleA plain-English guide for Westchester small businesses: set up your Google Business Profile, earn reviews, and make your website help you show up locally.
- Restaurant websites in Westchester: what diners look for, and what most local sites get wrongI tested 26 Northern Westchester restaurant, cafe, and bar websites on a phone. None loaded fast enough. Here's what diners look for and how to fix it.
- 7 signs your Westchester business website is costing you customersI tested 63 Northern Westchester business websites on a phone. Here are the 7 problems I found most often, how to check your own site, and how to fix them.
- How much does a website cost in Westchester? A 2026 guide for small businessesWhat small business websites cost in 2026: DIY vs freelancer vs agency, what drives the price, hidden costs to watch for, and my own prices in Westchester.
- How I turned 42,000 NOAA hail reports into a free address lookupThe data pipeline, address search, and daily updates behind Hailstorm Report, a static Astro site that tells homeowners whether hail hit near their house.
- Where Latin America's big leaguers come from, and why mapping it was harder than it lookedHow I matched 2,442 birthplaces to real coordinates for the Latinos en Baseball hometown maps, what the data shows, and the messy problems behind it.
- What I check before launching a websiteThe checklist behind Hailstorm Report, Latinos en Baseball, and this portfolio: search titles, sitemaps, phones, data checks, and honest disclaimers.