Purplelink

Devlog

Writing from
Purplelink.

Building notes, app updates, and the occasional essay from a one-person software studio in Atlanta.

What GlobePin does that no other travel app does

Every travel tracker on the App Store solves a piece of the problem. Most miss the same things. Here's what we built differently — and why.

Why we built Haea on-device

Your health data is the most personal data you have. Here's why we decided early on that none of it would leave your phone — and what that decision cost us.

The LaTeX editor that academics actually want

TeXShop is from 2000. Overleaf is a web app. Neither was designed around the manuscript workflow researchers actually live in. ModernTex is.

Starting Purplelink

Why I formed a software LLC, what I'm building with it, and the philosophy behind making software that's meant to last — not just ship.