A family experiment in building with AI

30 days. 30 ideas.
One app at a time.

Follow our month-long experiment in turning everyday ideas into working products with AI.

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10 builds in motionand the collection keeps growing

idea
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Challenge01—30

Today’s buildMake one useful thing

See the journey

IDEA ✦ BUILD ✦ LEARN ✦ SHARE ✦ IDEA ✦ BUILD ✦ LEARN ✦ SHARE

The collection

Small ideas,
made real.

Each app starts with a real-life need. AI helps us explore it, shape it, and turn it into something we can actually use.

HEALTH & FAMILY · TESTFLIGHT

CareBridge PT

A stronger communication loop between a physical-therapy patient and therapist.

Visit preparation, exercise plans, symptom check-ins, progress, calendars, and secure two-way conversations live in one thoughtful iPhone app. It helps both sides arrive prepared, remember what changed, and keep the care plan moving between appointments.

ReasonPhysical-therapy progress can get lost between visits—in memory, scattered notes, and separate messages. We built CareBridge PT to give the patient and therapist one shared place to prepare, follow through, and stay connected.

SwiftUIClinic APIAPNsTestFlight

5 commitsIdea to clinic pilot in one day

9:41 ● ●

Good morning

Visit prep

✓What changed?Note symptoms and progress

✓QuestionsKeep them ready for your PT

3Today’s prioritiesReview before your visit

9:41 ● ●

Your care plan

Keep moving

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7 day streak ↑

02 · MAKINGTESTFLIGHT

Bambu Control

A native command center for live 3D-printer telemetry, cameras, controls, alerts, and Home and Lock Screen widgets. It makes it easy to check a long print, spot a problem, and act without staying beside the printer or opening several tools.

ReasonLong prints keep running while the rest of life moves on, but the most useful printer information was tied to a desk or separate dashboards. We built Bambu Control so the workshop can stay within reach wherever we are.

SwiftUIWidgetKitAPNs

15 commitsDashboard to TestFlight in 2 days

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03 · ENGINEERINGTESTFLIGHT

Belani Forge

Turns photos and rough problems into structured engineering projects, measurements, design paths, and printable prototypes. It guides an idea from “this needs fixing” toward a practical model that can be reviewed, refined, and manufactured.

ReasonThe hardest part of a custom solution is often turning an incomplete idea into a clear engineering path. We built Belani Forge to organize that uncertainty and shorten the distance from observation to a printable first prototype.

SwiftUIAI analysis3D workflow

28 commitsv0.1 to first STL in 2 days

04 · PERSONAL SYSTEMSTESTFLIGHT

Cortex

A private thinking companion for capture, focus, planning, calendars, Siri, widgets, and privacy-aware Live Activities. It turns quick thoughts and incoming responsibilities into a calm, useful view of what matters now and what should happen next.

ReasonIdeas, tasks, and family responsibilities arrive in too many places and are easy to lose once the day gets busy. We built Cortex as a private home for thinking—fast enough for capture and structured enough to help us follow through.

SwiftUIApp IntentsActivityKit

169 commits0.1 to 0.52 in 6 active days

3MF

05 · 3D TOOLSON DEVICE

3MF Preview

A lightweight native launcher and SceneKit preview path for opening production-ready 3MF models directly on iPhone. It provides a quick visual check that a model opens correctly and looks ready before it is shared or sent to the printer.

ReasonA full desktop slicer is more than we need when the immediate question is simply whether a production file looks right. We built 3MF Preview to make that last-mile check fast, portable, and available on the device already in our hands.

SwiftUISceneKitXcodeGen

5 commitsConfigured and deployed in one day

06 · INFRASTRUCTURETESTFLIGHT

Belani Pulse

The infrastructure command center for health, topology, deployments, incidents, container intelligence, and live operational context. It puts the status of our self-hosted services, active builds, and recovery tools into one clear mobile view.

ReasonAs our family of apps grew, the information needed to understand a problem became scattered across servers and dashboards. We built Pulse so we can see what changed, what needs attention, and whether a deployment is healthy from anywhere.

SwiftUIFastAPIWidgetKit

260 commitsCommand center to TestFlight in 2 days

A colorful collection of Cheherish Creations products

Made by Cheherish

07 · CREATIVE COMMERCELIVE

Cheherish

A connected storefront and maker-business operating system for custom 3D printing, production, inventory, Etsy orders, and live events. It links the products customers see with the behind-the-scenes work of making, scheduling, stocking, and selling them.

ReasonA growing maker business quickly outgrows separate spreadsheets, shop screens, and event notes. We built Cheherish to give the creative work and the business work one shared home.

WebMission ControlEvent operations

212 commitsStorefront to operations platform in 9 days

08 · CLINICAL PHOTOGRAPHYTESTFLIGHT

OralFrame

A privacy-first dental photography pilot with a guided six-view series, live quality checks, protected storage, and accountable clinic sync. It helps staff capture a consistent set of useful images while keeping each patient record organized and secure.

ReasonClinical photos are most valuable when they are repeatable, easy to review, and handled responsibly. We built OralFrame to reduce guesswork during capture without adding another complicated step to the appointment.

SwiftUIApple VisionEncrypted sync

18 commitsApp and API to TestFlight pilot in one day

CORTEX

09 · AMBIENT COMPUTINGHARDWARE PILOT

Under-the-Desk Cortex Beacon

An ESP32-powered ambient light that turns Cortex priorities, transition timing, and acknowledgements into glanceable color cues without displaying private task or calendar text.

ReasonADHD can make time shifts and urgency difficult to feel until they become stressful. We built the Beacon to make the next useful signal visible at a glance—quietly, privately, and without adding another screen.

CortexESP32-S3WS2812B

7 commitsAPI, firmware, and privacy boundary built together

POOL78°

10 · HOME AUTOMATIONIN DESIGN

Pentair Pool Automation

A local-first controller for Pentair pool equipment that brings pump, heater, lighting, schedules, and system status into one clear interface.

ReasonPool controls are often fragmented across wall panels, vendor apps, and manual routines. We are building this to make everyday operation easier to understand, safer to manage, and available from the devices we already use.

IoTLocal controlPool automation

New buildRequirements and hardware integration in progress

Behind the builds

Progress over
perfection.

The goal is not thirty flawless products. It is thirty chances to notice a problem, make something useful, and learn by sharing the result.

“What can we make today that didn’t exist yesterday?”

10featured builds

719commits across their project paths

9days in the current build window

Measured from repository history through July 22, 2026.

What we are learning

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Start with real life

The best ideas begin with a friction point we have actually felt.

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Make before judging

A working first version teaches us more than another week of planning.

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Share the journey

Letting people see the process makes every build more meaningful.

30 days. 30 ideas.One app at a time.

Small ideas,made real.