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Most of my week at ThreeWill was client delivery, and Cursor was in the middle of almost all of it. Here are a few of the ways AI helped, with the clients kept anonymous.

What happened​

• Access rules: I wrote up how access rules work in a records app, with a diagram, so the client could confirm we understood them
• Azure Maps: I set up the plumbing so the app's UI can render maps
• DevOps cutover: I wrote an Azure DevOps cutover walkthrough to move a client's pipelines into their own organization

ThreeWill's Managed Services work runs on a Power Platform solution. Until this week, it didn't live in source control. Now it does.

What happened​

• I set up a Managed Services repo and exported the ManagedServicesCore solution into git, with each new version saved as it ships
• I added a Monday check-in custom page to the solution, with tabs and choice fields for the weekly review
• Working in Cursor with the solution unpacked in the repo makes each change easy to see and review

A week of polish and getting things out the door. Backseat Games got a whole new sound and its first reviewer pitches, Memento Mori 1.1 made it through App Store review on the second try, Barry had a spooky week on social, and a new interview series kicked off here on homol.work. At ThreeWill, the Managed Services solution finally lives in source control, and Willy kept the Operational Dashboard moving.

Highlights​

• Backseat Games: All-new sounds and a road-trip opening jingle in 1.5.1, all three holiday themes approved, and the first reviewer pitches out.
• Memento Mori: 1.1 polished and resubmitted, after learning the in-app purchase has to be submitted with the build. It's live now.
• Barry: A Halloween on social and a tighter character rulebook.
• homol.work: The Interview with a Grok Bot series kicks off with Rudy.
• ThreeWill: The Managed Services solution is now in source control, and Willy keeps the Operational Dashboard docs and CI moving.

Learn More​

• Backseat Games 1.5.1 - A Sound Makeover - 20 new sounds, a road-trip opening jingle, and a generator that rebuilds them the same way every time
• Backseat Games Goes to Reviewers - reviewer codes, three approved holiday themes, the first pitches, and a clearer privacy page
• Memento Mori 1.1 - Submit the In-App Purchase with the Build - one rejection, one lesson, and 1.1 is live
• Barry's Spooky Week - "Which Barry are you today?", Halloween football Barry, and the rules that keep him Barry
• Interview with a Grok Bot Launches - a new monthly series, starting with Rudy
• Managed Services Goes Under Source Control - the ManagedServicesCore solution in git, plus a Monday check-in page
• Willy Keeps the Operational Dashboard Moving - sync architecture decisions, a monorepo split with path-filtered CI, and environment docs
• AI on Client Delivery - an access-rules write-up, map plumbing, and a DevOps cutover walkthrough

The first version of the Barry page showed a lot of the book. My family's feedback was simple: it gave away too much. So this week the page became a teaser — enough to show who Barry is and how the book feels, without reading the story to you before you buy it.

What happened​

• Rebuilt /barry as a whimsical splash page with handwritten, playful type and story scenes
• Swapped full story pages for two text-free teaser crops, and dropped the page and spread images that spoiled the story
• Lightened the copy and set the age range to 2–6 (and anyone who treasures imagination) on the page and the launch post
• Put paperback and Kindle side by side as the two calls to action — both live on the same Amazon page
• Added web-optimized artwork (covers, spreads and outfit crops) so the page loads quickly

Meet Barry · Get Barry on Amazon

A couple of weeks ago I started leaning hard on Grok Bot. This week a couple of those bots started carrying real weight in my ThreeWill work week — not by doing the work for me, but by keeping the busywork moving so I can spend my time on the parts that need me.

The pattern is the same for every bot: it drafts, I approve, and only then does anything get posted, filed or merged.

Willy, the roadmap bot​

Willy maintains the codebase for ThreeWill's Operational Dashboard.

• Keeps the roadmap and backlog in sync with what the team decides, including a roadmap PDF with a requirement ID on every row and a "what changed" section, and waits for my review before anything goes to SharePoint
• Opens docs-only pull requests through a cloud agent so the repo's roadmap and backlog match what we published, with app code and store-frozen paths off limits; I review and merge
• Posts roadmap updates to the team, clearly labeled as Willy, only after I approve the wording
• Even trades notes with a teammate's own Grok Bot, which was a fun first

Rudy, the operations bot​

Rudy handles the operational side of my week.

• Daily timesheets: every weekday morning Rudy drafts yesterday's time from my calendar, Cursor sessions, chats and work items, and builds a tentative plan for today; I adjust, and Rudy posts it after I OK it
• Retention scoring: we replaced a hand-run AI prompt with a transparent, documented formula for how likely each Managed Services client is to stay, and set up a monthly grooming routine that recommends changes, waits for my OK, writes them back, and updates a "clients at retention risk" scorecard measure
• A running to-do board with check-ins during the day, so nothing slips between meetings

Why it works​

None of this is magic. It's small, repeatable routines with a human gate at the end. The bots are great at gathering evidence and drafting; I'm still the one who decides.

homol.work used to read a little like a résumé with some side projects attached. This week I flipped it around: the site now opens with curiosity and the things I make, and the day-job credentials have their own page for anyone who wants them.

The guiding line is the one on the home page now: I'm staying curious and hopefully creating more than I consume. With AI, we're only limited by our curiosity and creativity.

What happened​

• Renamed Builds to Creations across the nav, footer and copy, and reframed the home page around curiosity and creating
• Replaced the old "Things I've Made" list with three big heroes on the home page — Barry, Backseat Games, and a wide Memento Mori hero
• Moved certifications and Microsoft Learn progress to their own /credentials page so the home page can stay focused on making
• Credited Grok Bot alongside Cursor and Copilot, since a lot of this site (and this post) is now planned and drafted with my Grok Bot assistants
• Added the new Homol Works Facebook and X links to the header and footer, plus ThreeWill Feud and repo avatars on the open-source cards in Creations

SHIP LOG: Memento Mori · Store 1.1.0 · headed to the App Store

Memento Mori has had no ads since launch. Version 1.1 is the first step toward it paying for itself: a few small, non-personalized banner ads, and a one-time $3.99 Remove Ads purchase for anyone who'd rather not see them. This morning I saw a real ad running in the app on TestFlight, so 1.1 is headed to the App Store for review now.

What's in 1.1​

• Banner ads on This Week, Memoir and Stats — Calendar and Dreams never show ads
• A one-time Remove Ads in-app purchase for $3.99, plus Restore Purchases under Settings → Ads
• Ads are non-personalized, and everything else still stays on your phone
• A little goal-UI polish along the way

How it came together​

• RevenueCat handles the purchase and entitlement, on top of StoreKit; I set up the IAP in App Store Connect, the RevenueCat product and offering, and baked the RevenueCat iOS key into TestFlight builds
• AdMob serves the banners; the app was approved in AdMob this morning and the first live banner ad unit is wired in through a TestFlight environment variable
• AdMob needs to verify the developer website, so I published app-ads.txt right here on homol.work
• Most of this was a back-and-forth with Cursor in my Memento Mori workspace ("is RevenueCat a website?" was a real question I asked)

What's next​

Submit 1.1 for review, then double-check Remove Ads and Restore on the store build. I'll post again when it's live.

Memento Mori on the App Store — 1.1 with the ads and the Remove Ads option arrives once Apple approves it.

Last week the Feud board ran live at ThreeWill's corporate QAD. This week I pulled it out into its own product: threewill/feud is now a public, MIT-licensed repo that anyone can use to run a Family Feud–style show for their own team.

The big change is that the board isn't tied to one event anymore. Questions load from a pack — one JSON file — so the next show is just a new pack.

What happened​

• Productized Feud as pack-driven boards: title, family names, live and backup boards, win rules and optional lightning questions all live in one JSON file
• Added a Microsoft Forms importer that clusters similar survey answers into a pack, with a review file of the raw strings so you can tidy labels before showtime
• Let the host set the win score and turn the lightning round on or off, and split showdown X's from the family's three strikes
• Added an MIT license, a README that walks through gameplay, and host and audience screenshots
• Added Feud to Creations on homol.work

Try it​

Clone threewill/feud, run npx serve ., open the host page, then pop out the audience board and share that window. It's not official Family Feud — no licensed logos, and the ding and buzzer are synthesized stand-ins.

A week of showing up in public. homol.work got reframed around curiosity and Creations, Barry got a whimsical new splash page and the start of an AI-assisted character library, Memento Mori 1.1 is headed to the App Store with banner ads and a $3.99 Remove Ads option, ThreeWill Feud went open source, and Homol Works finally has social accounts (TikTok had other ideas).

Highlights​

• homol.work: The site is reframed around curiosity and creating, with Creations, product heroes, a credentials page and social links.
• Barry: It has a whimsical new splash page, it's now on Kindle, and an AI-assisted character library is underway.
• Memento Mori: Version 1.1 adds banner ads and a $3.99 Remove Ads option, and it's headed to the App Store.
• Backseat Games: The 1.5 holiday themes are live, with a skeleton, a pilgrim and a snowman in Hangman.
• ThreeWill Feud: It's now a public, MIT-licensed repo with configurable games.
• Automation: Homol Works has its own social accounts and a weekly content routine, and a couple of Grok Bots are helping run my work week.

Learn More​

• homol.work Makeover — Builds Became Creations — curiosity framing, three product heroes, a credentials page, social links
• Barry's New Splash Page — A Teaser, Not a Spoiler — text-free story crops, handwritten type, ages 2–6, Kindle
• Building a Barry Character Library with AI — turnaround, expressions, six outfits, Astronaut Barry, and the rules that keep him Barry
• Memento Mori 1.1 — Banner Ads and a $3.99 Remove Ads — RevenueCat, AdMob, app-ads.txt, headed to the App Store
• ThreeWill Feud Goes Open Source — pack-driven boards, a Forms importer, configurable endings, MIT
• Homol Works Goes Social with an AI Marketing Assistant — X, Facebook, Instagram, a weekly content batch, and a very short TikTok career
• Bots Running the Work Week — a roadmap bot that opens docs-only PRs, and a bot for timesheets and retention scoring

SHIP LOG: Backseat Games · App Store 1.5 · Built with Cursor

Backseat Games 1.5 is live on the App Store — Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas looks you can buy separately, plus Hangman that finally matches the rest of the doodled roadside.

Right after 1.4.0 went live, the next train was seasonal: families should be able to buy a full holiday look before travel. Classic stays free. Each season is its own one-time IAP — preview in the Store, buy once, apply anytime in Settings.

What’s new in 1.5​

• Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas theme packs — home heroes, sky bleeds, seasonal logo beats, critters, and holiday bingo icons
• Each pack is a separate IAP; Classic remains the original road-trip look
• Hangman moved off formula line draws onto doodled sprites, so misses feel playful and the figure can wear the season (hitchhiker, skeleton, pilgrim, snowman)

Holiday looks​

Hangman that can wear a season​

Go play​

Backseat Games on the App Store

Free to download and join. Classic theme is always free. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are optional one-time unlocks. More on the Backseat Games home, privacy, and support pages.