Build Log

Month in Review: May 2026

Building for an artist who couldn't be seen, and a tutor who had nowhere to point.

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A running log of what got built, who it was for, and what it taught me.

May had a quiet theme running through it: the confidence to be seen. Two very different people, the same block.

Enharmonic

I turned my own tools on my own art. Enharmonic is my music project, and I finally built it a real platform — a Spotify-style app for my own catalog — instead of letting the work live scattered across drives. My artistry got treated like a client worth building for.

When the artist is the client: Enharmonic

Courtney Lakroix Tutoring

Thirteen-plus years in education, an MA, doctoral work — and nowhere to send someone who asked "do you know a good tutor?" We built the front door: a clean, professional site with a dead-simple "book a free consultation," plus an admin panel so Courtney owns and updates it herself.

The tutor who had nowhere to point

The theme

Both were about permission to be seen — Courtney with her tutoring, me with my music. The work was already real. What was missing was the home that lets everyone else see it.

David Kerns

David Kerns

Operator, builder, creative. Sharing thoughts on the intersection of operations, product, and making things that matter.

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