Over the past two years I’ve been building a suite of AI-powered web applications — tools that solve real problems that I’ve run into personally and professionally. Each one is built from scratch using Next.js, React, and the Anthropic AI API, and deployed at production scale on Vercel.
These aren’t demos or side projects — they’re live, functional tools used by real people every day. If you have an idea for an AI product and need a thought partner, a technical collaborator, or someone who has been through the build-learn-iterate cycle, I’d love to talk.
App 1 —
BBK Music Seeker
BBK Music Seeker — Find Live Music Near You
Live URL: https://locallivemusic.ai
I’ve always loved live music — from dive bars in West Chester to lakeside venues in the Poconos. But finding out who’s actually playing on a given night is surprisingly hard. Most apps only cover ticketed shows at big venues. The spontaneous jazz trio at a restaurant on a Tuesday, the cover band at your favorite bar this Saturday — that stuff just doesn’t make it onto Ticketmaster.
So I built BBK Music Seeker. It uses AI to search venue websites, cross-reference event listings, and surface live music near any zip code or city — tonight or any night. The app pulls real performer names, set times, and links to reserve a table or buy tickets, all in one place.
What started as a tool for my own Friday nights has grown into something people around the country use to find music in cities from Philadelphia to Chicago to Los Angeles.
Here’s what it does:
- Search by zip code or city to find live music at bars, restaurants, clubs, and independent venues nearby
- Filter by date — tonight, this weekend, next 7 days, or plan ahead with 3 and 6 month views
- Search by band or artist name to track down any performer’s upcoming shows near you
- Filter by Cultural Style — 14 genre options including Irish/Celtic, Latin/Salsa, Jazz, Blues, Afrobeat, Bluegrass, Klezmer, Gospel, and more
- Featured venue cards for curated local favorites with known weekly schedules, performer lookup, and community Live Vibe ratings
- Venue and band owners can request to be listed directly through the app
- Currently featuring the Commodore John Barry Arts & Cultural Center (Philadelphia), Bubb City (Chicago), Pietro’s Prime, Station 142, and venues across the Pocono Lake area
App 2 —
College Fit Finder
College Fit Finder — AI-Powered College Search
Live URL: https://searchcolleges.ai
The college search process is broken. Students and families spend hours on generic ranking lists that don’t account for what actually matters to them — cost, location, campus size, athletic culture, Greek life, academic strength in a specific field, or how far from home they want to be.
I built College Fit Finder after watching families I know go through this process frustrated and overwhelmed. The app lets students define exactly what matters to them — up to 27 preference parameters with importance weighting — and then uses AI to surface schools that actually match those priorities, including colleges they may never have heard of.
It’s not a ranking. It’s a match. And that’s a very different thing.
Here’s what it does:
- 27 customizable preference parameters — academics, cost, location, campus culture, athletics, size, selectivity, and more
- Importance weighting so the things that matter most drive the results
- Client-side hard filtering ensures results meet your non-negotiables before AI scoring begins
- AI-powered fit scoring using the Anthropic API, College Scorecard data, and Wikipedia
- Save colleges to your list, sort by fit score or distance, and export to CSV for sharing with parents or counselors
- Brings to the surface new schools students wouldn’t find on their own — strong regional universities, hidden gem liberal arts colleges, and schools with exceptional merit aid
- Free to use — no account required
App 3 —
Vega Trading Analyzer
Vega Trading Analyzer — AI-Powered Options Analysis
Live URL: https://vegatrading.ai
I’ve been actively trading QQQ options for years — managing positions around Fed policy decisions, earnings cycles, and macro catalysts. The problem is that the tools available to retail traders are built for professionals with Bloomberg terminals, not for someone who wants a clean, fast read on implied volatility, rate shock exposure, and what-if scenarios from their laptop.
I built Vega Trading Analyzer to fill that gap. It’s a QQQ-focused options analysis tool that tracks IV percentile, models rate shock scenarios based on Fed policy history, and lets you run What-If simulations on your positions before you place a trade. It’s the dashboard I wanted and couldn’t find anywhere else.
Here’s what it does:
- IV percentile tracking — know instantly whether you’re buying or selling options in a high- or low-volatility environment
- Rate shock back-testing — model how QQQ positions have historically responded to Fed policy decisions
- VXN dashboard — Nasdaq-specific volatility alongside broader market signals
- What-If Simulator — input any position and scenario to model outcomes before committing capital
- Built specifically for QQQ options traders — institutional-grade analysis without institutional complexity
- Clean, fast, and mobile-friendly — designed to be used in real time during market hours
App 4 —
Down the Middle
Down the Middle — One Story. Both Takes. Zero Spin.
Live URL: https://downthemiddle.ai
Have you ever read two headlines about the same government story and wondered whether they were describing the same planet? I did — constantly. One outlet’s “constitutional rebuke” is another outlet’s “significant loss for the agenda,” and somewhere underneath both is the thing that actually happened. Finding it meant reading three articles and mentally subtracting the spin from each. Nobody has time for that.
So I built Down the Middle. Search any government story — or browse by branch and topic — and the app finds how a left-leaning outlet and a right-leaning outlet each covered it, describes the framing side by side with links to the original reporting, and then writes a neutral, fact-first summary of what verifiably happened. No side taken, no invented quotes, no cherry-picking. It even rates the “spin gap” between the two sides, from Mild Spin all the way to Two Different Planets.
It’s not another news source. It’s a lens for reading the ones you already have.
Here’s what it does:
- Search any government story or browse by branch — Executive, Legislative, Judicial, plus a Sideshow ring for state and local — and by topic: geopolitical, markets, entertainment, or legal
- Side-by-side coverage comparison showing how a left-leaning and a right-leaning outlet each framed the same story, with links to read the original reporting
- A down-the-middle summary of the verifiable facts, spin stripped out, plus a one-line “why it matters”
- The Spin Meter rates how far apart the two sides’ coverage sits — from Mild Spin to Two Different Planets
- The Overturn-O-Meter™ live-tracks the Supreme Court’s reversal rate this term, styled like a stock ticker (the number surprises almost everyone)
- Coming Attractions view surfaces scheduled votes, hearings, expected rulings, and deadlines before they happen
- The Field Guide — built-in articles on media literacy: separating news from opinion, verifying stories before sharing, and understanding bias, including your own
App 5 —
PourCraft
PourCraft — Seasonal Cocktails from Your Bar
Live URL: https://pourcraft.ai (or whatever domain you attach)
I’ve always liked the idea of a bartender who actually knows what’s in your cabinet — not another app pushing you toward the same six ingredient combos. Most cocktail generators either assume a fully-stocked bar or hand back recipes you’ve seen a hundred times. I wanted something that felt more like sitting down with a genuinely creative bartender who happens to know what season it is.
So I built PourCraft. Tell it what’s behind your bar, pick a season, and it invents a completely original cocktail — never a recycled classic — built around craft techniques like fat washing and milk washing, a target color in the glass, and food pairings to match.
Here’s what it does:
- Ingredient-driven generation — add what’s actually in your bar and get a drink built specifically around it, not a generic recipe list
- Seasonal by design — Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter shapes the technique, garnish, and flavor direction
- Craft technique selector — fat washing, milk washing, oleo saccharum, smoking, rapid infusion, and more, with home-bartender-friendly instructions
- Color targeting — request a specific color in the glass, achieved through natural ingredients, never dye
- The Pour Gauge™ — a visual breakdown of sweet, sour, bitter, and strength for every drink
- Remix chips — nudge any drink smokier, sweeter, stronger, lighter, more bitter, or more herbal without starting over
- Batch scaling — solo pour, date night for two, or a full pitcher for a party
- Food pairings included with every drink, matched to the flavor profile