Building
DashCam Archive
A personal software project for organizing, reviewing, and preserving years of dash camera footage.
Technologist · Builder · Lifelong Learner
The road ahead is built one discovery at a time.
I’m Joe Hummel, a technologist focused on building reliable systems, exploring useful ideas, and sharing what I learn along the way.
Current Focus
Building, learning, and sharing what comes next.
I’m using this space to document the projects, ideas, and lessons that are shaping my next chapter.
Learning
Modern development workflows
Exploring SwiftUI, Next.js, AI-assisted development, and practical ways to keep building useful tools.
Sharing
Technology made approachable
Turning years of infrastructure, cloud, media, and software experience into notes that may help someone else move forward.
Latest Note
Stepping Away to Step Forward
Reflections on stepping away from an exhausting chapter of work and making room to build, write, and move forward again.
Featured Project
In development
DashCam Archive
A macOS project I’m building to make years of dash-camera footage easier to organize, review, and preserve.
Development is currently focused on the application interface, with work on media handling coming next. It’s a chance to turn a practical problem into useful software while continuing to learn.
Explore the projectLife Lately
- Cycling regularly, alternating rides toward Herndon and Clarks Gap.
- Building out the home lab and experimenting with 3D-printed mini racks.
- Celebrating twenty years with Nicole, including a Bahamas anniversary trip.
- Making more room for building software, writing, and exploring what comes next.
Photograph of the Month
September 2026
Current Reading
Apple: The First 50 Years
By David Pogue
I’m enjoying it as a reminder that every meaningful product starts with someone deciding to create something that didn’t exist before. I don’t need to build the next Apple. I just find the process of starting something new inspiring.
What I’m reading and learning