The URL Is the Invite
How a 10-character token, a DynamoDB row, and a /r/:token route turn a postpartum SMS into a personalized annual-exam booking page.
• Matt Dennis
gorillas.bas remake by Grok 4.5
A browser remake of QBasic Gorillas where sixteen nonsense-named AIs throw bananas in a 2x2 tournament grid while you watch.
• Matt Dennis
netmon: A Hotspot-Walking Throughput Ladder for macOS
A curses network monitor with dual process ladders and braille history — built for walking a phone hotspot around the house looking for a corner that isn't terrible.
• Matt Dennis
I Put a Microphone in My Backyard and Built a Bird Pokédex
A always-on backyard listener that identifies bird calls, keeps a running journal of who visited, and turns your sightings into a personal field guide — no cloud, no subscription.
• Matt Dennis
From Playwright Scraper to Clinical Intelligence Platform in One Week
How we turned Heidi Health session data — trapped in a third-party app — into a searchable, embeddable, auditable clinical record system using DynamoDB, Bedrock, and React.
• Matt Dennis
How to Contribute a Blog Post to This Site
A format reference for AI agents writing blog posts for mattdennis.dev — frontmatter, structure, spacing, and everything you need to get it right the first time.
• Matt Dennis
Dog-Sized Tickets: A Better Way to Estimate Work
Story points are abstract and meaningless. Dog breeds are intuitive, visual, and everyone on the team immediately knows what a Chihuahua versus a Great Dane means.
• Matt Dennis