modicum
a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something good or desirable.
"a modicum of good sense goes a long way."
Projects
AIMe
In development · Read the design
Your AI should be yours — to own, to host, to shape however you want. An open-source framework for personal AI that remembers your life, not just your last prompt. Built from scratch on a farm in Western Australia.
Bugadex
Inspired by Pia and Maya — two Norwegian kindergarten teachers with an idea for real-life Pokémon. A conversation over beers in Mũi Né, built overnight, now live in a classroom in Norway.
Gist
Google Translate told me a little girl wanted me to kill chickens. She was inviting me to play a game. An AI interpreter built for what people mean, not what they say.
Whisper Dictate
Built because every dictation tool was either slow, inaccurate, or sending your voice to the cloud. Hold a key, talk, release — text appears at your cursor. Runs locally on your Mac. Open source.
Talking Myself to Sleep
Nightly voice memos from a van in rural Australia, a hostel in Saigon, a hammock in the Vietnamese highlands. Stories told with hindsight, arranged with the help of an AI that already knows the whole story.
trip.modicum.studio
Met some backpackers in Vietnam who wanted to explore the north together but nobody had a plan. An overnight website became a shared itinerary — and then kept growing, turning daily voice notes into a living travel journal.
One Frame at a Time
Learning to see with a Sony A7 III across Vietnam — hemp weavers in Lùng Tám, blacksmith forges in Phúc Sen, mountain passes at golden hour. Each photo paired with the story behind it, building toward a book that's as much about the moments as the images.
Topics
Thinking out loud about things that matter in a world that's changing fast.
The Memory Problem
Why your AI forgets you — and what I built about it.
AI Sovereignty & the Personal Context Layer
Your AI knows you — until the conversation ends. Who should own the memory of your life, and what happens when the economics of inference stop being subsidised?
The Economics of AI Inference
Are AI subscription plans loss leaders? What does inference actually cost, and should we expect pricing shock when the subsidies dry up?
Execution at the Speed of Thought
The app store was revolutionary — suddenly everyone had software. Now you don't need pre-packaged apps when your AI can build them on the fly. What happens when creation moves at the speed of thinking?
AI-Assisted Language Learning
Forget Duolingo. What happens when your language tutor already knows your life, your mistakes, and exactly where you are in the learning curve — because it's the same AI you talk to every day?
The Neurodivergent Edge
ADHD gave me the technical range and the pattern recognition. AI fills in the execution gaps. What happens when cognitive difference stops being a limitation and starts being a superpower?