In development
SlateRides & Slate Exchange
A developing ecosystem exploring [placeholder: strategic/tech concept].
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Southern California · 33.0° N, 117.3° W
Coastal perspective.
Desert grounding.
Hi, I'm Ross.
I'm a dad, beverage manager, and entrepreneur based in Southern California. Away from work, I'm usually surfing, riding, golfing, or finding a trail. This site is a living record of the projects I'm pursuing, the places that keep me grounded, and what I'm learning along the way.
Explore the work →01 / Field notes
Proof of
being there.
A geographic record of motion, weather, attention, and the ordinary places worth remembering.
Field log map
- San Onofre, CA · Surf · 2026-06-14
- Ortega Hwy, CA · Moto · 2026-05-30
- Torrey Pines, CA · Golf · 2026-05-02
- Cleveland National Forest, CA · Trail · 2026-04-19
02 / Sandbox
Where ideas
get dirty.
Active ventures, early signals, and useful experiments. The unfinished work belongs here too.
In development
Food Sex Alcohol (FSA)
An editorial publication about [placeholder: curated experience, taste, and celebration].
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Active build
Chain Database & Chain Intelligence Portal
An on-premise chain database and intelligence portal: [placeholder: one line on what problem it solves or what it tracks].
See what's emerging →03 / Build log
Progress,
unvarnished.
Shipped work, loose thinking, and the knots I haven't untied yet.
Thinking
When you realize you can have Claude Code and Codex work on the same project and you watch two of the biggest digital brains argue and complement each other: )
Thinking
I opened a project I abandoned a year ago and found real people waiting on me.
Thinking
Storyboard stopped arguing with itself and I moved forward with the design... Structure's locked, three real assets are in, two bugs were named and killed.
Shipped
Setups Supabase for database and photos for Dead Reckoning app
Still stuck
working on getting palm frond graphics incorporated for the background
Shipped
Rebuilt the site around the Build Log idea instead of a static "now" page.
Thinking
Thinking about how much of the Chain Database work is worth writing up in public.
Still stuck
Spent an hour on the data model, no code yet.
Shipped
Shipped a small internal tool for [placeholder]: nothing public yet.
Thinking
Reading more than building this week.
04 / Uses
Things that
earn a place.
An honest equipment log. No affiliate theater: just tools, machines, and systems used in real life.
01 Rides
02 On the Water
03 On the Course
04 On the Trail
05 Build
05 / Contact
Leave a
note behind.
The guestbook is open. Tell me what brought you here, what you're building, or where our paths crossed.
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