Developer journal
Genacy is being built by one person with AI. This is the running log of that: the days it went well, the days it did not, the bills that arrived unexpectedly, and the moment the twin first answered back. Written as it happened, in plain words.
19 July 2026 · 1 min read
The first real build is nearly done and going well. Today I set up something I am pleased with.
Read the entry →14 July 2026 · 1 min read
Today was a big one. At 7:02am on 14 July 2026 I opened my digital twin and said hello. It answered.
Read the entry →13 July 2026 · 1 min read
Ten days off driving through Central Australia, and I did not touch any of it. Came back to find my model choice switching itself back on every small task, apparently because it thinks I am up to something with security. I am…
Read the entry →3 June 2026 · 3 min read
The idea arrived in 2019. Build something that preserves your memories so future generations can actually know who you were. I took it to a couple of developers, we looked at what it would need, and we agreed it could not be…
Read the entry →3 June 2026 · 1 min read
First entry. I am writing it on a Wednesday sick day in Alice Springs, which feels about right for a project built in the gaps of a working life.
Read the entry →Most companies publish the version of the story where everything worked. This one publishes the working notes, because the method is the point: a single person, directing AI, shipping something real. If it were easy, the notes would be boring.
Entries are written in the moment and kept that way. They are retold here in plainer words so anyone can follow them, but nothing is added later with hindsight: if something in an old entry turned out to be wrong, a newer entry says so rather than the old one quietly changing. The longer, structured version of the same story is in How we build.