https://joelhanson.com/tags/side-project/ Recent content in Side Project on Joel Hanson Hugo -- gohugo.io en joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) © Joel Hanson Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://joelhanson.com/projects/markdown2medium/ Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/markdown2medium/ Convert Hugo-friendly Markdown into Medium-ready posts with a live preview and one-click copy. https://joelhanson.com/projects/wayfare/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/wayfare/ Travel bucket list and savings tracker with MCP. Same trip context in ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. https://joelhanson.com/projects/iceberg-locations/ Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/iceberg-locations/ Real-time iceberg monitoring with NASA data, automated pipelines, and GitHub as a data platform. https://joelhanson.com/projects/leetok/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/leetok/ Mobile-first swipe feed for interview problems and free learning resources. https://joelhanson.com/projects/habit-tracker/ Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/habit-tracker/ Aesthetic challenge-grid habit tracker hosted on GitHub Pages. https://joelhanson.com/projects/booby-tracker/ Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/booby-tracker/ Home-screen PWA for nursing/feeding logs, built and shipped on GitHub Pages. https://joelhanson.com/projects/django-drf-mcp/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/django-drf-mcp/ Turn an existing Django REST Framework project into MCP tools for AI assistants in minutes. https://joelhanson.com/projects/github-data-platform/ Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/github-data-platform/ Turn GitHub Actions + Pages into a free scrape-and-serve data API — template and weather example. https://joelhanson.com/projects/sse-stream/ Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/sse-stream/ Minimal Server-Sent Events demo — a live CPU/RAM dashboard with almost no client code. https://joelhanson.com/projects/flask-restate/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/flask-restate/ Side-by-side Flask apps showing durable execution with Restate versus plain request handlers. https://joelhanson.com/projects/django-celery-restate/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/projects/django-celery-restate/ Compare Celery-style async tasks in Django with Restate durable execution on the same workload. https://joelhanson.com/posts/30-wayfare-mcp-first-travel-context-layer/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/posts/30-wayfare-mcp-first-travel-context-layer/ I keep losing trip research across ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. So I built Wayfare: a travel bucket list with savings tracking, plus MCP so connected chatbots can use the same trip context. https://joelhanson.com/discoveries/wayfare-mcp-travel-context/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/discoveries/wayfare-mcp-travel-context/ Travel bucket list and savings tracker. Same trip data in Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT, per user via OAuth. https://joelhanson.com/posts/28-aesthetic-habit-tracker-challenge-grid-on-github-pages/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/posts/28-aesthetic-habit-tracker-challenge-grid-on-github-pages/ Most habit apps want an account, a subscription, and a notification every hour. I built a minimalist challenge tracker that stores everything locally, exports to PDF, and ships free on GitHub Pages. https://joelhanson.com/discoveries/habit-tracker-challenge-grid/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/discoveries/habit-tracker-challenge-grid/ A local-only challenge grid — tap a day, export PDF, ship on GitHub Pages. https://joelhanson.com/posts/27-from-prompt-to-home-screen-booby-tracker-on-github-pages/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/posts/27-from-prompt-to-home-screen-booby-tracker-on-github-pages/ My wife was losing track of feeds, so I built a one-tap nursing timer that grew into a pumping log, and shipped it for free on GitHub Pages with no database and no app store.