Building things.
Living life.
Helping where I can.

I built a life after addiction, trauma, loss, and more than a few hard resets.

This site holds the work that came from that life: writing, projects, lessons, tools, and the things I am building now. It all comes from rebuilding my life, keeping my standards, and helping where I can.

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Explore the Site

If you are new here, start with the parts of the site that explain who I am, what I write, what I build, and where the deeper work lives.

About Jim

The life behind the work: addiction, trauma, loss, law enforcement, recovery work, family, hard resets, and the standards that shape what I build, write, and share.

The Work

A guide to the writing, frameworks, recovery perspective, discipline, standards, and hard lessons that shape this site.

Projects

Software, tools, websites, and systems I am building around ownership, structure, practical use, and real problems.

Microblog

Short posts, project updates, photos, personal notes, and things I want to say without turning them into full articles.

Current Work

The work changes depending on what I am building, writing, testing, or living through. Right now, these are the main areas getting my attention.

Bonumark Stream

A microblog and short-form publishing system for people who want their thoughts on a site they control instead of trapped inside social platforms.

Visit Bonumark

Carceris

A corrections-focused tool shaped by real jail experience and built for practical facility workflows.

Visit Carceris

The Writing

Articles, frameworks, notes, and recovery work shaped by discipline, standards, identity, proof, and rebuilding.

Explore the work

Follow Along

Some updates are quick. Some need more room. The microblog holds the shorter pieces, and the email list is for bigger work worth sending directly.