Reflections
These are dated moments from my engineering journals when a project changed my question. They are not final answers, just things I noticed while building.
August 9, 2026 · Moodify
Today I added optional Apple Health mood logging, but only for a mood someone actually chooses or confirms. It felt wrong to let Moodify write one of its own guesses as if it were true. I am learning that building something smart also means being honest about what it does not know.
August 2, 2026 · Moodify
I kept thinking about what happened when my mom tested Moodify. She wanted music that fit, but she still browsed before deciding what felt right. That changed my question from “Can the app pick from a mood?” to “What if listening helps you figure out the mood?” It eventually became the Just Play option.
March 6, 2026 · Pathly
I rebuilt a lot of Pathly’s interface, and it finally looked much more finished. Then I noticed the main code file was still trying to handle the canvas, lessons, quizzes, progress, saving, and almost everything else. Making the screen cleaner did not fix the structure. It made the structure harder to ignore.
June 28, 2025 · ChestCam → Clipify
I took ChestCam from Bellevue Downtown Park toward Meydenbauer Bay and watched its capture score jump while I moved. The phone could detect activity, but that did not mean it knew what I would want to remember. I came home with a better question instead of a perfect threshold.