Playground

Small things for bigger questions.

I like building small things to understand bigger ideas.

Some are public tools, some run inside a business, and some are prototypes or ideas I’m still exploring.

Most started with the same question: why are we still doing this manually?

A few have grown into products. Others did one useful job and taught me enough to move on.

Playground experiments

Problem area

Status

Showing 27 of 27 experiments.

01

Make better decisions

Small systems for turning noisy evidence, assumptions and results into something a team can actually use.

Performance reporting

Live

Paid Acquisition Dashboard

A daily view of paid acquisition that brings Databricks and ad channel data together to show spend, revenue and return on ad spend.

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Metric monitoring

Idea

Dashboard Watchdog

Monitors dashboards and key metrics for meaningful changes, then explains what may have shifted and where to look next.

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Performance analysis

In progress

Marketing Performance Agent

Reviews Meta, Google Ads, GA4 and Search Console performance to surface anomalies, trends and possible causes.

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Paid social

Prototype

Meta Performance Analyser

Analyses Meta campaign performance, highlights creative or audience shifts, and suggests where to investigate next.

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Paid search

Prototype

Google Ads Analyser

Reviews search campaign performance and identifies opportunities across spend, conversion rate, query intent and campaign structure.

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Experimentation

Idea

Experiment Tracker

Tracks hypotheses, ICE/RICE/BRICE scores, outcomes and learnings so experiments create reusable knowledge.

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Decision systems

Idea

Decision Journal

Captures what was decided, why, what assumptions mattered and what would change the decision later.

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02

Remove repetitive work

Tools for the boring-but-important setup work that tends to end up in spreadsheets, screenshots or someone’s memory.

Small business software

Live

Lufu

Lightweight invoicing and accounting for freelancers and small businesses that only need the essentials and want to keep software costs down.

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Browser-based creative tools

Live

Penguino

A free, lightweight toolkit for everyday image, PDF and brand tasks that runs in the browser and keeps files on your device.

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Website migration

Prototype

Redirect Migration Tool

Compares old and new sitemaps, maps equivalent URLs and produces an implementation-ready redirect plan.

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Performance tooling

Live

Image Compression Studio

Compresses and optimises images for faster websites, better performance and lower bandwidth usage.

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Ad production

Prototype

HTML5 Ad Builder

An experiment in using AI to produce more HTML5 display ad variants while keeping files light and making room for playful interactions.

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Lifecycle QA

Live

Event Spoofer for MoEngage

Allows marketing teams to manually trigger MoEngage events and test customer journeys without engineering support.

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Campaign tracking

Idea

UTM Generator

Creates consistent campaign naming and UTM structures based on agreed conventions.

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Launch planning

Idea

Campaign Builder

Turns a campaign brief into landing page requirements, UTMs, tracking notes and launch documentation.

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03

Improve customer experiences

Experiments that help teams see what customers, clients, search engines and AI systems are actually experiencing.

Search intelligence

In progress

Curious Badger

Website intelligence tool for SEO, AEO, GEO, technical audits, content gaps and AI search readiness.

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Partner experience

Idea

Affiliate Widget Builder

Creates embeddable widgets affiliates can add to their websites, keeping products, pricing, promotions and messaging consistent.

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Quality assurance

Idea

Website QA Agent

Checks broken links, image sizes, metadata, schema, tracking, accessibility and performance before or after launch.

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AI discoverability

Idea

AI Readiness Scanner

Reviews a website for structured data, semantic content, internal linking, citations and AI discoverability.

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Content strategy

Idea

Content Gap Finder

Looks across competitors, Search Console, Reddit and AI search results to identify useful content opportunities.

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04

Help teams move faster

Practical helpers for creating context, sharper briefs and fewer meetings that should have been a document.

Lead operations

Live

Fintech Sales Leads Dashboard

Gets new fintech leads into the sales CRM quickly, with enough context for the team to follow up while the enquiry is fresh.

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Meeting prep

Idea

Meeting Context Builder

Creates meeting context packs with purpose, background, decisions required, key documents and expected outcomes.

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Prioritisation

Idea

Priority Engine

Uses ICE, RICE or BRICE-style scoring to help teams compare work more clearly and reduce opinion-led prioritisation.

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Brief writing

Idea

AI Brief Writer

Turns meeting notes, Looms, rough ideas or transcripts into creative briefs, product notes or Jira-ready tickets.

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Team signals

Idea

Team Health Monitor

A lightweight pulse for clarity, confidence, focus and blockers rather than generic engagement.

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Commercial ops

Idea

Proposal Builder

Turns discovery notes into simple proposal drafts, scopes and next-step documents.

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Change monitoring

Idea

AI Change Log

Monitors websites, product pages or competitors and summarises meaningful changes over time.

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Usually starts small.

Most of these started with a small irritation.

A repeated task, a vague question, or a tool that nearly did what I wanted but not quite.

I tend to learn by making the thing smaller, rougher and more useful.