Scott Brackstone
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Build Notes

Short notes from the projects I am building: what changed, what broke, what I learned, and what I would improve next.

Toast Album / Product launch

Toast Album Is Officially Live

Toast Album is now live: a private photo-sharing platform that helps wedding and event hosts collect every guest's photos through one simple QR code.

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ProjectDrop / AI workflow

Why ProjectDrop became more than a notes app

ProjectDrop started as a way to capture voice notes and text ideas, but the coding-agent handoff feature changed the direction of the product.

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FlowDock / Product design

Designing FlowDock around staying in flow

The first version was about moving text between devices. The more useful idea was reducing the friction of switching between phone, Mac, and Windows while keeping project context close.

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Toast Album / Architecture

The painful lesson from migrating my event photo app

Starting with HTML/CSS was useful at first. Migrating to a modern stack taught me why architecture choices matter early.

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