est. 1999

MichaelCarolan

MIT Alumnus. Software Engineer. Dad. Husband. Firefighter. Local Business Owner.

🌐 Working on my personal website

01 Streaks & stats

1,301daysDays marriedstill her best decision
0daysDays since last deploydon't look at my GitHub stats!
7booksBooks read this yearcover-to-cover, even the bad ones
92callsFire Callsgot to ride the fire engine
2kidsHeirs to the empiremore to come
2projectsProjects losing moneyI see it as an investment

02 Top 8

The Myspace-era tribute. The eight things currently on rotation — projects, tools, people, whatever.

1
Sayville Digital
project
My business. Real money. Real invoices.
visit →
2
Astro
tool
This site runs on it. Yes I know.
visit →
3
My wife
person
Top 1 actually. But the slot was here.
4
The kids
person
Two small chaos engines. Much delight.
5
Firehouse
thing
Second family. Free smells.
6
Raspberry Pi
tool
Solution looking for problems. Found.
7
Surfcasting
thing
3am, cold beach, no fish. Perfect.
8
Caprasimo font
tool
Look at it. Look how round it is.

03 Projects

A pie chart of every project's actual financial status. It will get better, I promise.

Making money: 0
Break even: 1
Losing money: 2

See the full timeline →

04 Sign the guestbook

Myspace guestbook. Say hi. Write a note.

WwifeyAug 2, 2025
come to bed.
Ssome frontend guyAug 1, 2025
the pie chart of losing money made me uncomfortable.
CCapt. R.Jul 30, 2025
You were supposed to pack the 5 in hose. I see you building websites. Get in here.

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05 Support my daughters

No coffee tips or Patreon here. If you want to support this site, put it toward Jane and Niamh's futures instead.

Jane

Niamh

06 Writings

Words that I put together just for you.

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