i80 is named after Interstate 80: one road, many destinations. Exploring AI is my road. Along it, I build apps and AI agents to find out what AI makes possible. Every project here started as an idea, and some are ready for you to use.
NowExploring MCP, a new standard that lets AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Muse work directly with apps. Instead of learning an app's screens and menus, you just ask, which matters most when an app is complex or has many features. I believe every future app will need this.
Projects
Each one has its own look and its own home. All of them came out of the same journey of exploring AI.
i80 Agent.
i80 Agent is a platform for building private knowledge agents: AI that knows your own stories, documents, or expertise.
Where it started: my first project with LLMs, later rebuilt with AI writing the code.
Trovel is a trip companion app for planning trips, traveling together, sharing expenses, and keeping the memories. Use it on the web or as an iPhone app.
It's my first app built with AI from the ground up.
Retirement Planner plans spending that follows your life and your markets, not a fixed 4% rule. It covers Social Security, Medicare, Roth conversions, and taxes, and every number comes from tested calculators.
Started when I used AI to plan our own retirement. A personal tool for now; I'm exploring opening it to others.
Pickleball Together is a cooperative way to play pickleball: you score together, with fewer risky shots and more fun.
My wife and I play almost every day, for fun and exercise. Regular scoring always made one of us lose, so we created a new scoring rule: the longer the rally, the more points we earn together.
Gate-Driven Development is a practical playbook for building real apps with AI. The AI does the engineering, and you approve each step at five gates: the spec, the prototype, the design, the finished build, and the release.
A process I came up with while building i80 Agent with AI, and keep refining with each project.
One question that a very smart AI could not answer.
"How did Alex cook sea bass with miso?""I don't have access to Alex's personal cooking history."
That was ChatGPT in January 2023. It knew everything about cooking, and nothing about my cooking. So I set out to build an agent that knows my stories.
That question led to i80 Agent, and to everything else on this page.
