Every Space, A Den.

I spent decades collecting ideas I couldn't fully execute. Now I can. MakerBear Den is where I document what happens when an ADHD maker with a lifetime of half-finished projects finally has the time, the tools, and nothing left stopping him.

Retirement isn't a slowdown — it's the starting gun. I'm building intelligent, connected systems across four very different spaces: a house, a van, a sailboat, and eventually a cabin somewhere with terrible internet and excellent stars.

AI is a collaborator here, not a shortcut. It helps me work through schematics faster, debug code at 2am, and explain decisions clearly on camera. The ideas, the mistakes, and the satisfaction — those are all mine.

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Four Spaces. One Mission.

Each den is its own project — different constraints, different hardware, same obsession with making things smarter.

Follow Along in Real Time

See the failures before the fixes. The build log is where I share progress updates, schematics, code snippets, and the occasional rant about a component that didn't ship.

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