Project Stories & Case Studies
These are project stories from my work. Each one explains the problem, the approach, and what changed.
Airport DNS Infrastructure
Colin Knapp's airport DNS infrastructure story is about risk and trust. It shows what could break. It shows what changed. It shows how the site stayed up.
Read Full StoryAd Marketing Tool & Link Tracking App Development
Colin Knapp built an ad marketing tool for link tracking. This story shows how creators could view income, trends, and choices.
Read Full StoryBuilding Athion: A 13-Year Legacy
A story about building Athion over 13 years. It shows how one small project grew into a respected creative studio and team.
Read Full StoryBetter-Argo-Tunnels: SSH + Traefik Instead of Vendor Tunnels
Colin Knapp's tunnel story is about SSH and Traefik. It shows how web apps went live without a vendor tunnel. It also cut lock-in risk.
Read Full StoryCamera TRNG: Webcam-Based True Random Numbers
Colin Knapp's Camera TRNG story shows how a webcam can make random bytes. Cover the lens, run the server, and use the stream later.
Read Full StoryFastAsyncWorldEdit & PlotSquared
PlotSquared helped big Minecraft builds run fast. This story shows what was slow, what changed, and why it worked for busy teams.
Read Full StoryGCal Desk: Google Calendar as a Focused Mac App
Colin Knapp's GCal Desk story shows Google Calendar on Mac. It has accounts, reminders, native windows, and quick event tools.
Read Full Storygmail-cli: Cross-Platform Email from the Command Line
Colin Knapp: gmail-cli - A cross-platform command-line tool for sending emails via Gmail SMTP, installable with curl | bash or PowerShell one-liners.
Read Full StoryHastebin: Streamlining Bug Reports at Athion
Colin Knapp: From using Hastebin for bug reports at Athion.net to adopting and deploying it as the backend for haste.nixc.us and md.colinknapp.com.
Read Full StoryHealthcare Platform Infrastructure
Colin Knapp's healthcare platform story is about a learning site. It shows what had to stay safe, what had to stay up, and what changed.
Read Full StoryWebDAV → HLS: Drag-and-Drop Video Publishing for Static Sites
Colin Knapp's HLS video story shows simple publishing. Drop in a file, make HLS output, and keep hosting on your own site or storage.
Read Full StoryHome Infrastructure Cluster & WireGuard Mesh Networking
A home infrastructure story about a self-hosted setup. It shows the home cloud, the day to day work, and how remote access stayed safe.
Read Full StoryMCP, Accessibility, and the Future of Agentic Browsing
Colin Knapp's MCP access story shows how clear page structure can help people, tools, and agents use the web with less friction.
Read Full StoryMotherboardRepair.ca - Motherboard Repair Service
Colin Knapp's motherboard repair story shows how circuit board work can save devices, cut waste, support customers, and extend hardware life.
Read Full StoryDevOps & Leadership at Nitric Concepts
Colin Knapp's Nitric Concepts story is about team leadership. It shows how clear plans helped remote workers stay in sync and ship.
Read Full StoryNuclear War-Resistant DNS Infrastructure
Colin Knapp's nuclear-resistant DNS story is about hard outages. It shows what could fail, how backup paths worked, and what got safer.
Read Full StoryOne-Shot Tally: A Feedback Loop for AI Coding Agents
One-Shot Tally is Colin Knapp's experimental open-source hook for reducing repetitive AI coding loops while preserving required verification and engineering judgment.
Read Full StoryBuilding a Thriving Open Source Community
An open source story about OhMyForm. It shows how users, support, and steady care helped the project grow again over time.
Read Full StoryNomodoro: A Focus Timer That Respects How Your Brain Works
Colin Knapp's focus timer story shows soft breaks, easy plans, short notes, and a calm end to the workday routine for each day.
Read Full StoryScanSnap Scanner Service for buildersclub.ca
A ScanSnap and WebDAV story about fast receipt scans. It shows how paper moved into files, stayed tidy, and was easy to clean up.
Read Full StoryShowerLoop Project
A ShowerLoop story about a water recycling site. It shows how clear pages, simple text, and a better phone layout helped readers.
Read Full StoryTaylor Solutions Property Management
Colin Knapp's property management story is about Taylor. It shows how simple tools, remote access, and safe systems helped one person do more.
Read Full StoryTubeTV: A Local Queue for YouTube
Colin Knapp's TubeTV story shows a local YouTube queue. It has a desktop app, a browser add-on, play tools, TV modes, and a calmer flow.
Read Full StoryWeb Design & Java Plugin Development
Colin Knapp's web design story is about Java plugin development. It shows small tools, client sites, and work that shaped later projects.
Read Full Story.well-known Skills for API Discovery
Colin Knapp: How public APIs can publish simple agent instructions at /.well-known/skills.md with optional JSON discovery.
Read Full StoryWireGuard Mesh Networking Tool
Colin Knapp's WireGuard mesh story shows how nodes join. It shows safe remote access and a setup that works without one central server.
Read Full StoryWordPress Security Automation
A WordPress security story. It shows how small tools found bad files, stopped new attacks, and made cleanup safer for the site.
Read Full StoryYouTube Game Development & Cybersecurity
Minecraft games made for YouTube creators. This story shows custom play, safer servers, better privacy, and less risk for big groups.
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