👋 Howdy, I’m Andrew. I’m an avid runner, reader, and golfer based in West Cork, Ireland. I help make great products for the web as the Head of Customer Ex...
These quiet, cloudy mornings are the best time to get out for a run. The roads are quiet and the temperatures are cool. I feel so grateful to live out here and get to experience the quiet shifts of the countryside. It's especially fun when I inadvertently scare some cows who are otherwise enjoying their morning meal of grass. I get back home on such a high. I was worried when we first moved that…
I grew tired of bloated music apps and streaming services. So I built what I wanted: a simple, native macOS app that reads a local folder of files and arranges them into a beautiful library. The app even formats and exports everything for listening on my rebuilt iPod Mini, which is surprisingly fun to use. It feels good to have a music library that's mine again.
An unexpected aspect of life in the countryside: bats. We've had a heatwave the last couple days, which has meant leaving the windows wide open at night. The property's bordered by a stream and forest land, prime habitat for bats. As I sat working in the living room this afternoon I saw what, at first, looked like a bird flying around the entryway. Turns out, bat! It then flew into the sunroom…
I've always loved being near water. It's why the creek that runs down two sides of our property was such a selling point. There are even two footbridges! One thing I didn't appreciate until we moved in was how much the presence of that creek would make me aware of different rhythms in the weather. Yesterday was an absolute downpour, especially overnight. The creek, by extension, is roaring now!…