RIEN

Now

Apr 2026

Building

MixologyNotes

A public cocktail library with community publishing tools. Currently focused on the recipe editor and publisher onboarding flow.

RIEN Labs

I am currently developing a suite of tools focused on investing, business, and personal finance—ranging from calculators to systems designed to support clearer decision-making. While many of these tools already exist, they are often fragmented, unintuitive, or poorly designed, and frequently dispersed across multiple platforms. My goal is to refine these solutions and consolidate them into a cohesive, well-structured ecosystem in a single, accessible location.

Reading

Shape Up — Ryan Singer

Rethinking how scope and appetite shape what gets built. Useful framing for deciding what not to do.

Thinking about

Clarity vs. cognitive load

The line between a tool that explains itself and one that overwhelms is surprisingly thin. Working on where to draw it.

Updated manually. Inspired by nownownow.com.