... live intelligence data in the database 4 complete portal rebuilds in 2 weeks 1 founder What broke along the way: 18 Netlify functions silently failing for weeks because of a stale model string. Found it by accident. AIS vessel map replaced 4 times, trying to find one that actually worked Payment processor switched from Stripe to PayPal mid-build due to IRS requirements Frontend developer wiped the backend JS 3 times in one week Rail data APIs returning null ...

... research team. Harbor masters who miss millions in federal grants because no one told them the money existed. I build for the overlooked. The flagship product CedarOS Ports delivers a 5 AM intelligence brief to port directors covering vessels, rail, weather, grants, compliance, and labor signals. All fused. All automatic. Before they wake up. Built by one guy in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Launching CedarPulse June 17 and CedarOS AI June 18. If you've ever built ...

... ports product is the one I'm most excited about. Port directors currently spend 70-135 minutes every morning manually assembling their intelligence brief from 5-7 different tools. We deliver it at 5 AM before they wake up vessels, rail, weather, grants, compliance, all fused into one brief. Built this solo with AI as my co-developer. Happy to talk about solo founding, maritime tech, AI-assisted development, or anything else ...

... renting software they used to own, and tired of being the product. My first app is a meditation timer for iOS intentionally minimal, intentionally calm, no accounts required. It's in development now and it's the first vessel in what I'm hoping becomes a small, quiet fleet. The longer goal, I call it the coastal goal, is to build this into something sustainable enough that I can eventually leave corporate life and work somewhere near the sea. Slowly ...

... cruise ship MV Hondius. As of this week, five confirmed cases, three deaths, and roughly 150 passengers are still on board while governments argue over where the ship is allowed to dock. Passengers from 23 nationalities are on that vessel. Three people have already died. This is a real, unfolding public health event, and our thoughts are with everyone affected. We don't want to minimize that. People are scared. That's understandable. But fear, especially online, has a shadow ...

... everyone loved it Comment from Tejas(@tejgw): @gin_6078  Wow, Gin, this comment absolutely made our day! You've articulated the soul of our brand better than we could have ourselves. That concept of "time as a vessel" is exactly what drives us. Comment from Hamza Afzal Butt(@hamza_afzal_butt): @tejgw  Good Luck :) Comment from Gin Tse(@jean_xavier): @tejgw  Ohh thanks!! That's so lovely! Comment from Gin Tse(@jean_xavier): Congrats, congrats! Such ... ... amazing product! The name is so poetic and romantic too! "In the ancient tongues of Greece, whispered of time itself not mere moments ticking by, but time as a vessel