amanda ables tran
about
Mom to a toddler and a dog, wife, and someone's best friend. Runner, reader, home chef, builder. Eating and interneting with intention, learning always. Writing to think and hang on to being human. Serious about doing good stuff, not so serious otherwise.
wannarun
I've wanted to build some version of this since I moved to San Francisco in 2014. I knew the recipe for making friends was going to be to find a place I liked being- at that time a group fitness class or the pool- and go back to that place at the same time, week after week. Eventually I found November Project on Monday mornings at Fort Mason, and 12 years, a few marathons and a kid later, I still want it to be easier to meet up with a friend for a park loop, or hit a pilates class at the studio next to the cute wine bar. Could you use a group text for this? Maybe, but I've got a whatsapp group, a phonebook full of numbers, a training plan, and friends with calendars even busier than mine.
plate palette
fiber is having a moment, and i am not immune. a simple tracker for how many different plant-based foods you eat in a week, with of course cute colors and ways to share with your friends. learned my way around the usda food database api.
amateur chefs arcade
started trying to code before claude code existed with this very simple javascript game. stack overflow will always have a special place in my heart.
stroller running calculator
once i read a research study about energy expenditure while running with a stroller and learned the term "push and chase" i had to do something with that knowledge. 300+ upvotes on r/advancedrunning.
weekly eats
everyone i know has planned their meals in their phone each week since the beginning of the apple notes app. not anymore. learned about ocr and using the claude api to parse and auto-tag recipes.
logoff
my favorite part of social media has long been the "on this day" memories features, so i built my own version and deleted my instagram app! now when i want to scroll, i go see what i already put out in the world, and then i actually text or call the friends i had tagged 9 or more years ago. learned about storing large sets of data and image files.