I'm Rick Palmer. I build small web apps and I write about practical answers to everyday computing problems — most of which started as questions a friend or family member asked me.
This site is a 20-year archive that I cleaned up and rebuilt in 2026. Forty articles survived the cut. New writing lands here from time to time.
Things I've built
- Cliopanion — Clio, an AI‑powered task management and goal tracking system.
- My Finances — a personal-finances tracker with AI-enhanced retirement planning.
- The ONE for Jesus — a discussion-group platform for groups reading The ONE: A Blending of the Four Gospels.
- FlowPro — open-channel flow calculator for civil engineers and community developers (used to design the fish bypass channel at Bonneville Dam).
If you want to reach me, rick@rickysays.com is the fastest way.