I like getting to the bottom of a thing.
I started messing around with computers at an early age. I still remember asking my dad’s friend how to make software on a Packard Bell running Windows 95. I started with BASIC, moved on to Visual Basic and web technologies, and kept following my curiosity.
A simple way to give your money a plan. Flexible allocations, with your settings kept on your device.
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Git-based sync and recovery for Obsidian vaults on iPhone. Designed to make saving and syncing clearer.
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Find the price that would reach your lender’s liquidation threshold. Compare selling today with holding through a price change.
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Explore Four Pillars, Zi Wei birth charts, and Qi Men event charts. Save profiles and export reports, with your details kept on your device.
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Size, align, and caption images right in your notes.
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A closer look, with fullscreen viewing, zoom, and pan.
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Turn a collection of images into a responsive gallery.
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Protect finished notes from accidental edits.
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Save, merge, and sync desktop vaults with Git and Git LFS.
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Edit note properties as readable, highlighted YAML.
View pluginI also build tools for TradingView, ATAS, and MotiveWave.
I’ve meandered a bit in life, but I tend to get there. I grew up around farm work, a family textile mill, and a bluegrass band where I played banjo.
A scale systems company set up the weighing equipment and MS Access system at our family’s textile mill. I later reprogrammed and expanded that system and began flashing the scales myself. At an insurance agency, I built an entire sales system in MS Access.
Over the years, I’ve built reporting systems, websites, and production tools, with plenty of live sound, photography, and technical support mixed in.
Someone recently said there’s probably not much I can’t do if I put my mind to it. I’m still deciding whether that was a compliment or a warning.
Most of my projects start with something that could work better in my own life. I approach projects as an architect, thinking about how the pieces fit together. My outlook draws on many disciplines, bringing Eastern thought together with Western practicality and pragmatism.
When I’m trying to grasp something, I default to bottom-up thinking, working from the details toward the whole. I can think top-down, too, and my thinking often moves in quick, asymmetrical jumps. Sometimes the language matters more to me than the problem itself. Syntax means a lot to me.
I grew up in a cult and have seen trauma in my life. I tend to go deep pretty quickly in conversation, even when I think I want to keep things light. Finding my way as a neurodivergent person hasn’t been easy, and I’ve often had to build my own tools to help me learn.
I’ll turn an idea over in my head for a while, then build it when the rhythm hits. AI is part of that process now. I’m not afraid to make a few mistakes and learn along the way.
Meditation, astrology, and patterns hold my attention. So do plants and four-footed friends. Ritual is a big part of how I like to work.
I love going to the movies. During my photography days, I got into filmmaking and wanted to direct. I do like having a say in how things turn out. A good mystery drama makes for a fine evening, at the theater or at home.
Meditation
Meditation and spiritual exploration through the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.
Autobiography of a Yogi is one of the most important books I’ve read. It was one of only a few books that Steve Jobs kept on his iPad, and that mattered to me. Yogananda’s teachings mean so much to me. Some of those meditations have been so blissful I’ve cried. Often those moments have followed some of the hardest times of my life.
Yoga
Yoga, meditation, and opportunities to explore personal growth and inner well-being.
I found Sadhguru on YouTube years ago. Some of the most blissful moments of my life have come while practicing Inner Engineering. I practice it to this day.
SupportSuicide prevention and crisis support for LGBTQ+ young people.
Visit websiteI know how much it matters to have somewhere to turn. That’s why I support the Trevor Project, which offers crisis support to LGBTQ+ young people.
EducationBitcoin education that helps make a complex subject more approachable.
Visit websiteI like how Trezor approaches Bitcoin: what it’s for, what matters, and how to use it. I also appreciate that they’re giving back through free Bitcoin education in communities that are often overlooked.
The Gallery publishes books on practical magick and shares its Empowered Magick workings through Patreon.
When I’ve needed support, I’ve found the accessibility of Words of Power and The Greater Words of Power unparalleled. The workings are simple and easy to use. The long-term workings in Success Magick and Financial Transformation Magick have been useful tools for me, and they’ve been life-changing.
I say this with deepest gratitude.
- Robert
Sol Smith runs this online community for autistic adults and adults with ADHD.
Visit the communityThe group calls are the heart of this community, and so are the people. I’m only a few months in, and the people I’ve met on those calls already inspire and support me. That kind of support matters for neurodivergent people.
If one of these tools looks useful, give it a try. If you’d like to contribute, you’ll find my public projects on GitHub.
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