Hi — I'm Jazz.
The person behind the sawdust and the semicolons — what WIP Mom is, why it exists, and what's currently on the desk.
What this place is
WIP Mom is a notebook, not a portfolio. I write up the projects I’m working on while I’m working on them — the shelf that’s almost straight, the script I’m still debugging, the drawer I’ve fixed for the third time. I post the messy middle, not just the after photos, because the middle is where everything actually happens.
How I got here
I work in software by day and fix things at home by weekend — sometimes well, sometimes with a confident shortcut that becomes a future problem. Writing things down turned out to be the cheapest way to remember what I’d learned, and the most surprising way to discover what I actually thought.
A few things I believe
Done is a feeling, not a checkbox. Some projects are finished when you decide they are.
Documenting the middle is more useful than documenting the end. Tutorials are written by people who already know the answer.
Small posts are real posts. A photo and three sentences on a Tuesday afternoon is a complete unit of writing.
- Raspberry Pi photo server
- Online piano classes set-up
- This blog's search page
- The kitchen drawer, again
- Home Assistant dashboard v3
01.Is "WIP Mom" your real name?
No, but it’s how I think of myself most days. Work in progress. The mom part is real, though.
02.Do you take sponsors or affiliate links?
No. If I mention a tool, it’s because I bought it and have feelings about it.
03.Can I republish your posts?
Quote a paragraph and link back, sure. Republishing the whole thing — please ask first.
04.How often do you post?
Whenever there’s something to say. It’s a notebook, not a job.
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