# I build software because something annoyed me first.

Author: Emanuele Russo
Source: https://emanuelegrusso.com/

[
Co-founder of Castor  ](https://abcastor.com/who/)

## Writing

Essays of my own.

- [Buying Surprise ](https://emanuelegrusso.com/writing/buying-surprise) An equation for what deserves your attention.

## Crossfeed

Two tools that work as a pair. One sends coding work to whichever subscription has room; the other adds a ChatGPT subscription to the pool.

- [Crossfeed Orchestrator ](https://github.com/ABCastor/crossfeed-orchestrator) with [Castor ](https://abcastor.com)  Sends AI coding work to whichever of your subscriptions has room.

- [Crossfeed Chat ](https://emanuelegrusso.com/projects#crossfeed-chat) Mine Your ChatGPT subscription as a tool for your local agents. Not public yet.

## With [Castor ](https://abcastor.com) 

Built with Edoardo, for ourselves first, then published.

- [Gaddi ](https://github.com/ABCastor/gaddi) Lets AI agents work in the Chrome tabs you already have open.

- [OmniRead ](https://github.com/ABCastor/omniread) A web reader for AI agents that says whether it got the whole page.

- [Melzi ](https://github.com/ABCastor/melzi) Design review for AI coding tools.

- [SheetOps ](https://github.com/ABCastor/SheetOps) Google Sheets for agents: preview every change, back up, then write.

- [Findstill ](https://github.com/ABCastor/findstill) Search Apple Photos by describing the picture, on your own Mac.

- [VerifyLab ](https://github.com/ABCastor/verifylab) Research records in Git, with checks anyone can re-run.

## On my own

Things I needed for myself.

- [GarminBridge ](https://github.com/Anneo22/garminbridge) The Mac side of a Garmin watch that Garmin never built.

- [abcastor.com ](https://abcastor.com) Castor's website. I designed all of it.

- [TickTick Tasks for Garmin ](https://github.com/Anneo22/ticktick-garmin-app) TickTick tasks on a Garmin, still usable when the phone drops out.

- [garmin-cli ](https://emanuelegrusso.com/projects#garmin-cli) Not public yet A read-first command line for Garmin Connect.

- [Every project ](https://emanuelegrusso.com/projects) with tags, and the list from GitHub

## Now

- [What I'm doing now ](https://emanuelegrusso.com/now) Exploring on purpose, writing with Edoardo, and getting Crossfeed Chat ready to share.

- [About me ](https://emanuelegrusso.com/about) Who I am, how I got here, and how this site is made

## Elsewhere

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emanuele-russo-656a10199)[GitHub](https://github.com/Anneo22)[Castor](https://abcastor.com)[Castor on GitHub](https://github.com/ABCastor)[Edoardo Avenia](https://edoardoavenia.com/)[Edoardo on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/edoardoavenia/)