Who is Captain
Random?

I build things.

Captain Random is the working title for whatever I'm currently interested in. Right now that's web development, digital media creation, and figuring out where AI tooling is actually useful versus where it just makes noise.

This site is a document.

Not a portfolio in the traditional sense. More of a running log — what I'm building, what I'm learning, what the tools I use are actually like to work with. I write honestly about both the successes and the failures because the failures are usually more instructive.

The “building in public” thing is real. Every post is written during or immediately after the work — not reconstructed months later with the benefit of hindsight and marketing instincts.

The approach.

I use Claude Code, Google AI Studio, and other agentic AI tools as part of a real development workflow — including the parts where the tools get in the way.

The design system, architecture, and content of this site are documented as they're built. If you want to see how the sausage is made, start with the build log.