Field notes

Notes from
the workshop.

Short posts about the product, the prompts, and the engineering choices behind a tool that paints nun habits and inflatable T-Rex costumes onto holiday photos.

How to make any photo family-friendly in one click

Apr 2026

How to make any photo family-friendly in one click

Drop in a photo, pick a modest outfit from the catalogue, and Puritanizer paints it straight on. No face-swapping. No awkward overlays.

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A tour of the outfit catalogue

Apr 2026

A tour of the outfit catalogue

A sprawling catalogue of modest garments, and a quiet pride in the ones that are slightly too specific.

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Prompt engineering a nun

Apr 2026

Prompt engineering a nun

How we convinced Gemini 2.5 Flash Image to paint a full garment instead of slapping a top hat on a face.

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Why we kept the face

Apr 2026

Why we kept the face

A short note on the one design decision that made everything else about Puritanizer work.

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In praise of the absurd mascot category

Apr 2026

In praise of the absurd mascot category

Inflatable T-Rex, giant banana, walking hotdog, sumo fat suit. The category that justifies the whole product.

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Credits that never expire

Mar 2026

Credits that never expire

Why Puritanizer is one-time credits instead of a subscription, and why every pack works out to less than a pint.

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Shipping a novelty tool on Vercel

Mar 2026

Shipping a novelty tool on Vercel

The stack, the build, the afternoon that stretched into a fortnight, and the parts that were easier than expected.

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Holiday photos your gran can see

Mar 2026

Holiday photos your gran can see

Group chats, meme pipelines, and the specific sub-genre of photo that Puritanizer was built for.

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The before-and-after is the joke

Mar 2026

The before-and-after is the joke

Why the comparison slider is the most important UI element in the entire app, and why we almost didn't ship it.

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