by Marco

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Deep case studies showing the journey from idea to prototype to finished system.

I Ported My JavaScript Game to the Super Nintendo in Three Days

Deadfall began as a Phaser browser game dressed up like a 16-bit console title. In three days, with Claude Code and PVSnesLib, it became a real SNES ROM.

June 7, 2026Read Story

Enterprise Systems10 min read

Turning Tribal Knowledge Into a Scalable CMS System

Transforming undocumented enterprise knowledge into a structured CMS architecture.

February 10, 2025Read Story

Enterprise Systems8 min read

How a Simpler Mini Cart Helped Unlock Up to $25M a Year

A high-impact ecommerce conversion win driven by product judgment, simplicity, and fast experimentation.

March 15, 2025Read Story

AI Tools14 min read

Human, Actually

A free tool that helps job seekers build stronger, evidence-based applications to get past automated screening systems and actually be seen.

April 6, 2026Read Story

AI Tools for Thinking8 min read

Designing an AI Tool for Thinking

Voice journaling system that extracts themes, tracks mood, and generates weekly reflection summaries.

January 15, 2025Read Story

Design Systems9 min read

Designing a Public Design System With AI

How I turned the visual language of AI-Created into a public design system, with AI accelerating the work and human judgment keeping it coherent.

March 30, 2026Read Story

Interactive Systems12 min read

Inventing a New Arcade Mechanic

Arcade game built around a new rotating defense mechanic using Phaser and custom shaders.

November 20, 2024Read Story