Tanagram Updates: January 2025

January 2, 2025

In December, I found a cofounder! She'll remain unnamed for now because she hasn't yet left her current job. She's someone I've known for a ~decade and the...

Tanagram Updates: December 2024

December 2, 2024

I spent November focused on hiring and building. On hiring, I've shifted to looking for a cofounder more so than hiring a first employee. I think it'll be...

Tanagram Updates: November 2024

November 3, 2024

October felt like it absolutely flew by, but a lot has happened. At the beginning of the month, I was juggling four areas: 1) company formation (closing my...

Tanagram Updates: October 2024

October 6, 2024

I expected to feel a revelation when I started working on Tanagram full-time, but that hasn't seemed to have happened. The motions and day-to-day experience...

Tanagram Roadmap: September 2024

September 2, 2024

Tanagram is no longer a nights-and-weekends project — I'm now working on Tanagram full time, with support from Pear. I started Tanagram to explore the idea...

Tanagram Roadmap: June 2024

June 3, 2024

Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My progress pace during May averaged about 1.5 workdays per week. Results: May 2024 I spent May working on a...

Tanagram Roadmap: May 2024

May 4, 2024

Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My progress pace during April averaged about 1.5 workdays per week. Results: April 2024 Last month, I showed...

Tanagram Roadmap: April 2024

April 7, 2024

Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My progress pace during March averaged about 1.3 workdays per week. Would you like to receive these updates...

Tanagram Roadmap: March 2024

March 4, 2024

Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My progress pace during December averaged about 1.5 workdays per week. Results: February 2024 On the...

Tanagram Roadmap: February 2024

February 5, 2024

Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My progress pace during December averaged about 1.0 workdays per week. Results: January 2024 I spent most of...

Tanagram Roadmap: January 2024

January 6, 2024

Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My progress pace during December averaged a bit under 1.0 workdays per week; I was on vacation for much of...

Tanagram Roadmap: December 2023

December 2, 2023

This is my 23rd monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (I'll stop counting after this one; see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a...

Tanagram Roadmap: November 2023

November 4, 2023

This is my 22nd monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: October 2023

October 1, 2023

This is my 21st monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: September 2023

September 3, 2023

This is my twentieth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: August 2023

August 5, 2023

This is my nineteenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: July 2023

June 27, 2023

This is my eighteenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: June 2023

June 4, 2023

This is my seventeenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: May 2023

May 4, 2023

This is my sixteenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: April 2023

April 1, 2023

This is my fifteenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: March 2023

March 5, 2023

This is my fourteenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: February 2023

February 5, 2023

This is my thirteenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: January 2023

January 8, 2023

This is my twelfth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). Tanagram remains a nights-and-weekends project. My...

Tanagram Roadmap: December 2022

December 3, 2022

This is my eleventh monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I’m publishing this update to document my progress...

Tanagram Roadmap: November 2022

November 6, 2022

This is my tenth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I’m publishing this update to document my progress and...

Tanagram Roadmap: October 2022

October 2, 2022

This is my eighth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I'm publishing this update to document my progress and...

Tanagram Roadmap: September 2022

September 4, 2022

This is my eight monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I'm publishing this update to document my progress and...

Tanagram Roadmap: August 2022

August 7, 2022

This is my seventh monthly public roadmap update for for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I'm publishing this update to document my progress...

Tanagram Roadmap: July 2022

July 4, 2022

This is my fifth monthly public roadmap update for for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I’m publishing this update to document my progress...

Tanagram Roadmap: June 2022

June 3, 2022

This is my fifth monthly public roadmap update for for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I’m publishing this update to document my progress...

Tanagram Roadmap: May 2022 + Demo #3

May 7, 2022

This is my fourth monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I’m publishing this update to document my progress and...

Feature-Less Software

April 2, 2022

Most software is feature-ful: built from an amalgamation of individual features, which are usually atomic ways to do something specific, arranged in a...

Tanagram Roadmap: March 2022

March 5, 2022

This is my third monthly public roadmap update for Tanagram development (see previous updates here). I’m publishing this update to document my progress and...

Tanagram Roadmap: February 2022

February 6, 2022

This is my second monthly public roadmap for Tanagram development (see January’s here). As with last time, I’m publishing this roadmap because I believe...

Tanagram Roadmap: January 2022

January 2, 2022

I’ve been writing monthly roadmaps for Tanagram development in private for a few months. For 2022 I’ve decided to publish them, in part because I believe...

Tanagram: Creating a Database-Based Codebase

October 28, 2021

I’ve been working on Tanagram, a programming environment that’s trying to make it easier to browse codebases and build programs by turning code into data....

Tanagram Demo #2

July 23, 2021

I’ve been working on a new way of writing and working with software. This is the second demo (demo #1 here), and although this, too, looks like a toy, I...

Tanagram Demo #1

May 8, 2021

I’ve been working on a new way of writing and working with software. Although it’s still very early along1 and looks very much like a toy, I’d like to share...

The Database Inside Your Codebase

February 12, 2021

Navigating codebases of any meaningful size is difficult. Most of a programmer’s time is spent jumping through the codebase, reading or skimming to build a...