My Blog

September 22, 2026

Why I Built a Public API for The Common News

August 24, 2026

The Common News Reaches 800 Cities, With 1,000 in Sight

June 28, 2026

Why I Built CoFinder

May 26, 2026

What Makes Civic Data So Hard to Structure

May 20, 2026

What We Learned Expanding The Common News to 100 Cities

May 12, 2026

The Data Model Behind The Common News

April 29, 2026

Local Government SEO Is Won Through Specificity

April 16, 2026

How I Think About Trust in AI-Generated Civic Summaries

April 14, 2026

How I Turned The Common News Into a Local SEO Engine

March 6, 2026

How I Built a Public RAG App for Chicago Budget Documents

January 13, 2026

Why I Built The Common News: Local Government in Minutes, Not Hours