May 30 release
ldgr v1.2.0
The 1.x line is stable now — zero-knowledge, hledger-compatible double-entry I trust with my own books.
kafkade — software, systems, and other things
The journal of kafkade — a software creator near the Cascade mountains, building small, local-first tools and writing about software, systems, and other things. Everything here is free and open source. No schedule, no filler — I write when there's something worth sharing.
2026
May 30 release
toku v0.2.1
A private, offline-first book manager. Still early and rough, but already part of my morning.
May 29 release
pergamon v0.6.1
RSS, read-later, highlights, and bookmarks folded into one local tool instead of five.
May 12 release
flightdeck v1.1.0
A small Chromium extension that toggles and rewrites query-string parameters per domain.
May 09 release
anvil v1.2.0
Declarative, cross-platform workstation config — stable now, and the first thing I run on a fresh install.
Apr 18 release
kite v1.1.1
A calmer cross-platform system monitor; 1.1 adds per-process history and a lighter touch on the GPU.
Apr 16 release
herald v0.5.2
A split-flap board and countdown that ticks over in real time, in the terminal and the browser both.
Mar 15 essay
"A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka