# now
what i'm focused on right this minute. updated when the focus shifts. see the date at the bottom for the last revision.
## right now
deepest into stackmaven, a curated catalog of dev/AI tools, models, and frameworks with a news layer and (later) a stack recommender. v0.2 alpha is live; phase 2 is catalog depth (15 → 250 entries) and sustained news cadence.
on the homelab side, cut over from a single autonomous agent (travis on openclaw) to a five-profile hermes setup (sysadmin, developer, creator, secretary, keeper). one runtime, one shared vault, five lanes. devlog.
shipped linesmith this week. vs code extension that types code into your editor on cue for tutorial recordings. editor-side companion to typesmith: same idea, different surface. live on the marketplace and open vsx. devlog.
vidpipe is still real but slower-cadence now that the channel pivot is in. bradtraversy.dev keeps getting daily content polish (project + tool pages, devlog cadence, the homelab article). less youtube production than usual. more shipping.
## currently building
a curated, opinionated catalog of dev and ai tools, with a news layer and (later) a stack recommender
v0.3.3 shipped to crates.io. memcrate.dev landing + docs + pagefind search live. next is more skill packs (cursor, aider, mcp) on top of the format.
check the name before you start the repo. domains, packages, code hosts, and plugin marketplaces in one report
running daily on the homelab. write-back on calendar + per-profile heartbeats next. paperclip will eventually take over the task lane.
on autopilot. sheets land via the create/audit/validate/sync skill chain when i pick a topic from the backlog.
channel-connection pivot live. transcript-provider fallback in. publishing destinations (wordpress, medium, ghost) are next when i swing back.
## what i'm thinking about
- whether specialization beats generalization for autonomous agents. one agent doing everything vs. four lanes that don't overlap. the hermes swap is the bet i'm making on this
- editorial-voice publication brands as standalone businesses. what does "the wirecutter for dev tools" look like when it's also an active recommender, not just a directory
- whether "indie builder + known person" beats "new company brand + same products" for distribution. (rebranding the public site from a brand name to my personal name was the bet i made on that one; stackmaven is the opposite bet, brand-first)
- what a vault-native dashboard looks like when the markdown is the database, and what an orchestration layer on top of it (paperclip) does that the dashboard doesn't
## what i'm not doing
- no live coding sessions or live streams right now
- not chasing every shiny model release. only swap when there's a real reason
- not building a course platform. that's not what this site is for
- no new sponsor commitments beyond existing ones
// last updated 2026-05-23. inspired by /now pages.