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June 2026

Rebuilding the Frontend

Why we moved from a standalone React app to a Next.js frontend with direct Postgres access — and what we gained from collapsing the API layer.

March 2026

Deduplicating 12,000 Saints

The same saint appears under dozens of spellings across source directories. A walkthrough of the fuzzy-matching and AI-assisted pipeline that cleans and merges them.

November 2025

Introducing SaintDB

An open catalogue of Catholic saints — searchable by name, feast day, patronage, and category. What it is, why it exists, and where it's going.