03 — JOURNAL
Notes from the field & the desk
2026-06-21 software Photo Location Recorder: matching photos to places, on-device Why I built a GPS timeline that never leaves your phone, and how SwiftData made the storage layer almost boring.2026-05-09 photography A spring morning photographing griffon vultures Four hours in a hide above the Douro, one thermos of coffee, and the frame I'd been chasing for two years.2026-04-14 software Five years of Bird Sound Identifier 2,100 sales later — what a niche ML app taught me about pricing, reviews, and listening to users (and birds).2026-02-02 photography Winter fog in the Mondego valley Chasing inversion layers before sunrise — and why the best photos happened after I thought the fog had gone.