Tools
Tools here are “done enough” to be useful.
Each tool is still evolving, but everything listed here is something I’m comfortable putting in front of other people.
My whimsical coach tools
These are the tools I originally built the site for. Web apps, using AI as a coach to help clarity of thought. They are designed to force a pause, some critical thinking and invite a little curiosity.
They’re small, focused, and designed to support thinking and judgement rather than automate it away.
Jironaut
A way to think through Jira tickets before they hit the backlog.
Jironaut helps you clarify intent, surface assumptions and risks, and improve the quality of tickets before they hit a backlog.
It’s designed to support better conversations and decisions - not to write tickets for you or pretend it understands your context better than you do.
Learn more about JironautSTAR Coach
A way to prepare compelling answers for behavioral interviews.
STAR Coach helps you develop STAR answers by coaching you through your own experiences, not by generating generic responses.
Upload a job description, get tailored competencies, and work through each one in a focused conversation that builds your answer in real-time.
Learn more about STAR CoachThe Writing Gym
A way to become a better writer through structured self-reflection and AI feedback.
The Writing Gym coaches you to assess your own writing before showing AI feedback - revealing blind spots between how you think you're coming across and how you actually are.
It's designed to build skill, not dependency. No rewrites, no shortcuts - just a structured loop that makes you more self-aware over time.
Learn more about The Writing GymObsidian Research Assistant
AI personas that build structured knowledge bases in Obsidian - artifacts, not just answers.
Research personas (Laura, Alex, Riley) that create actual files in your Obsidian vault: concept notes, source notes, architecture decisions, and user stories - all linked and structured.
Designed for dissertation students, professional researchers, and technical teams who need systematic knowledge building, not just chat responses.
Learn more about Obsidian Research AssistantMy pragmatic utilities
These are the tools I've built along the way - useful by-products of my build process, like kerosene from an oil refinery.
Still small and focused, they were built to scratch a specific itch I encountered on my build journey. I think they are good enough and useful enough to share.
Blog Log
A lightweight CLI and web tool that captures development timeline in real-time, turning commits, breakthroughs, and blockers into blog-ready narratives with zero friction.
Built this as my first Claude Code project - learning agentic coding by creating a meta-tool that documents the learning process itself.
The CLI wraps git commits and provides quick-capture commands, while a Next.js web interface handles longer-form content and AI-powered blog generation.
Learn more about Blog LogCuriousCoach.tools
A lightweight Astro portfolio showcasing tools and capturing the build journey.
Built with Astro, using a single apps.ts as the source of truth for all project cards - no CMS, just structured data that drives the UI.
Combines a portfolio of tools with a blog for documenting the messy reality of building them.
Learn more about CuriousCoach.toolsFlipMD
A lightweight Windows markdown viewer that closes the gap between VS Code and Notepad.
Sometimes you just want to read or quickly edit a markdown file without opening a full IDE or losing all formatting in Notepad.
FlipMD is a simple, fast viewer and editor for Windows that renders markdown properly and stays out of your way.
Learn more about FlipMD