Technologist, outdoorsman, & community steward.
A working record from Michigan's Upper Peninsula — twenty-three years of building on the internet, several winters on patrol at Ski Brule, and a long list of trails to maintain. These days, an avid student of generative AI — exploring how agentic tools can buy back time for the other passions.
Index
- i.Work →On the platform side of a two-decade firmAslan Interactive, co-founded 2003. API integrations, cloud uptime, and responsible AI for clients who need humans in the loop.
- ii.Community →A season on ski patrolPatrol Director at Ski Brule: mountain safety, emergency response, and the quiet labor of running a volunteer team.
- iii.Community →What the Iron County trail club doesCutting brush, building boardwalks, arguing over signage. Vice president, and glad for it.
- iv.Community →Serving as city commissioner, in briefSmall town, real work. Caspian, Michigan. Water bills and snowplow routes and a genuine love for the place.
- v.Field →Five sports, one regionSnowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing, kayaking. All within two hours of home.
- vi.Journal →Notes, mostly about building thingsEssays from the blog — recent thinking on automation, the dot-matrix moment, and a morning routine worth automating.
Two things I'm building.
Volntir
Digital waivers & volunteer management for nonprofits.
Built for community groups, trail clubs, youth programs, and event coordinators. Digital waiver signing, volunteer scheduling, shift management, and time tracking — all in one place.
Visit site →Aslan Interactive
Web development & digital strategy, since 2003.
The agency I co-founded with Jason McKinney. We build web applications, manage digital infrastructure, and now help clients navigate AI-driven development.
Visit site →From the journal.
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Tracking My Fitness with a Telegram Agent
I built a personal fitness dashboard at pauleident.com/fitness, then wired it to an always-on OpenClaw agent over Telegram so I can log meals and workouts just by texting throughout the day.
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From Mosaic to AI: 30 Years of Building for the Web
In 1995, a friend showed me the Mosaic web browser in a college computer lab and I was hooked. Thirty years later, orchestrating AI coding agents and automation has given me that same jolt of possibility all over again.
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Introducing Volntir: Digital Waivers and Volunteer Management for Nonprofits
I built Volntir to solve a real problem I kept running into as a nonprofit volunteer and community leader — managing waivers and volunteer coordination without a pile of paperwork. It's now in beta and open for early access.
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Vibe Coding a Blog Post from My iPhone
I wrote and published this blog post entirely from my iPhone using Claude for iOS and GitHub. Here's how — and why it matters.