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Build Notes

Small things I build to learn.

Short, honest write-ups of projects I take on to understand something — mostly where legal aid, data, and AI meet. Each one pairs the work itself with what I learned making it. Written in plain English, with Spanish where it counts.

02 · Housing & AI

Can AI solve homelessness?

An oversized prompt that fell apart, usefully — and led to a map of the help Connecticut already has, a real call to the state's eviction data, and a hard look at the numbers AI handed me.

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01 · Access to Justice

Mapping CT legal aid by funding

A small project on how Connecticut's legal aid organizations are funded, built on a public nonprofit-data API — and a first attempt at turning a research question into something interactive.

In progress
Planned · Privacy & Tech

From legal aid to privacy

Why the skill carries over: a court eligibility rule and a GDPR requirement both have to become a process someone can actually follow.

Planned