Charles Botensten

I run iCharles — a personal site, builder community, and growing stack of self-hosted tools that have replaced thousands of dollars a year of third-party SaaS for me. Most of what I ship gets recorded live on YouTube and turned into a written article the same night.

Two daily article streams live here: The Pivot (camera-and-keyboard log of building with AI — what worked, what failed, what changed my mind) and Vibe Coding (paired AEO write-ups of each day's livestream, with the YouTube video embedded).

Outside of code I'm a Catholic, a triathlete, and a husband. The site has separate sections for faith and triathlon if those overlap with what you're looking for.