Published tullyelly chronicles over the last 10 weeks.
Nov 02, 2026
I got home today and I still didn't wanna. Even these five sentences are a chore. Did find and fix a bug though. Okay, six sentences. Or is that seven now. I think I'm one cog off still.
open original chronicle →Nov 01, 2026
I asked to clean up the menu and add anything that should be there but isn't right now. All of the new additions, probably over half of them, do give a decent sense of just how much nonsense I've gotten up to in the past year or so. Explain…
open original chronicle →Oct 26, 2026
So I added the ability for to communicate and build out my project plans in Jira now. First VS Code, next GitHub, then Vercel, followed by Neon, and then Atlassian (Jira)...... ......and this is how the robots took over my life. Also , this…
open original chronicle →Oct 25, 2026
Now that the arbitrary date has passed and it's not a lame anniversary type celebration for celebration's sake, it should be noted that we did cross the one year mark a week ago today (more arbitrary!): hello world. It's a nerds nerd who…
open original chronicle →Oct 24, 2026
I had a bug in my release process pop-up today and then an old lingering batch of code I needed to deploy. This is that. Today was maintenance under the hood: - Fixed release verification so the Chronicle archive checks the newest published…
open original chronicle →Oct 23, 2026
I'm gonna be real with you, I'm tired and while I wrote some shit (in my noggin'), I just can't execute against it tonight. I think I'll have time to revisit this page again tomorrow, but the struggle is real. Night night.
open original chronicle →Oct 19, 2026
Oh, but before I check out, imma try and sqaush this bug. Apparently one of the apostrophes did something to something - which seems like a very obvious problem that should have accounted for. And why this particular apostrophe and not…
open original chronicle →Oct 19, 2026
I went to bed too late last night thinking my new deployment process worked (it worked once!) only to look at something today to realize......it didn't. Like, what in the actual fuck. Don't miss me crowing about making progress while under…
open original chronicle →Oct 18, 2026
Much of this last week was spent chasing three simple green checks. See whahhad happened was...... Release Process, Rebuilt This week's work made releases more automated and easier to trust: - Consolidated CI checks and hardened the GitHub…
open original chronicle →Oct 14, 2026
And now I try to deploy by brute force one more time. Hello world.
open original chronicle →Everything that lands on this site was put through the ringer multiple times before being processed into alter ego buckets (menus here) on my project plan. I use “the plan” to keep the work coherent and focused. Well, coherent to me at least. Some have seen more of the intermediate steps than others over the past few months and I’m sure it often felt a bit random and disjointed - mostly because it was. That said, each bit fell into a broader roadmap that is now more clearly taking shape.
Even the work that looks similar and falls into the same eventual bucket was intentionally attacked using different tools or techniques so that the next idea can be executed on faster and more efficiently. I’d rather struggle three different ways from sundown than nail it on the first try. Where’s the fun in doing it right the first time? Grow a pair and put yourself out there.
Some of the ideas that have made it into this most recent development cycle have been tempered over decades. This is at least the fourth iteration of tullyelly.com - most of it never seeing the light of day nor moving beyond my compulsion to build it. None of what exists today is a finished thought, and there’s always more to tweak or tinker with.
Lastly, I don’t do this for anyone but myself. The performance of it all radiates from a forge that’s running morning, noon, and night. If 4 people read this sentence, it’s the right 4 people. If zero people read this sentence, I don’t mind having something all to myself.
Make something better every day. Every. Single. Day.
This bucket of work has evolved the most over the years because it’s the oldest. In this iteration I house all of the nerdy tech stuffs. Databases, programming, websites, generative AI, and so on end up here. Here you will find me vs the words as I fight a neverending battle to solve the riddle that is the world around me.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
The name itself comes from my first xbox gamer tag. Lulu was fresh out of the oven and Bonnibel could barely form a full sentence, let alone contemplate the meaning behind the name that we gave her. From there, it has persisted as the only username I ever use when given an option to choose. I’ll die on this hill of an idea.
It’s only codenames (ish) here if I can help it, so IYKYK.
I get asked what this website is and what I’m working on every now and again. The truth of the matter is that while I rarely have a good answer to this question, I know more than I’ll ever say, and I also have no idea what happens next. I’m just here for the vibes and hope that you can find me working here for as long as I am able.
One love.
The Face. The Brand. The Show.
⚒️tullyelly represents your outward presence - the portfolio, the design system, and the aesthetic signature. It’s where Milwaukee Bucks color theory meets Next.js precision. The voice is confident, creative, and deeply personal.
Mantra: “Style is structure with swagger.”