Now.

Most of my time right now is spent building Indiemaker – sharpening the platform, the positioning and the business systems that make it run. A significant amount of energy is also going into writing and building the operational scaffolding that sits underneath it all. Fewer moving parts, more leverage.

We've also just put out Payments Playbook – a book on building payment systems that survive real customers. It ships the way I think books should now: bought once, and updated as the world underneath it moves.

seventeen years in

Alongside this, Machine Republic runs in the background – deliberate, selective, focused on software and digital products as long-term assets. I'm increasingly drawn to workflows that reduce chaos, favour leverage, and minimise unnecessary involvement.

back on the road soon

We educate our children privately and plan to get back on the road, travelling with them, soon. I design curriculum, coordinate tutors, teach directly, and manage the logistics that come with it. The focus is long-term capability rather than short-term milestones: a classical, literature-rich education paired with deliberate skill-building in language, reasoning, attention, and physical competence. The goal is thoughtful, capable adults. It's the most important thing I do, and my greatest joy.

None of this would be possible without my partner in all of it – seventeen years of building, breaking, and fixing things together. The daily rhythm is deliberately simple. Deep work in the mornings, family in the afternoons. I cook most evenings, grow vegetables with varying success, and recently started gymnastics – which is humbling me in the best possible way.

In the background I'm experimenting with AI-based video and audio tools – mostly to understand where content production is heading and what systems might matter long-term. This is exploratory rather than core focus. I also built this website using Nitro – a Python-based static site generator. It's good to play.

Books are my only real vice. I spend more time in bookshops than I probably should and still believe a well-chosen book is the best gift you can give someone. Last year I read The Brothers Karamazov – worthwhile, but relentlessly heavy. I'm rereading Jim Collins – Good to Great, Built to Last and Great by Choice.