bensguide — your guide

Master control

System status

live checks · tap to collapse

Top bar

nav not trackers

Slim bar = jump to a section + a rotating “now” line (news, appointment, people nudge). Feelings get logged on the Feelings page with confirm.

bensguide.online setup

Site is parked on Hostinger — attach domain, then deploy this UI + GuideDB.

Open your sites

dev

bensguide.online

This UI when deployed — replaces parked page.

crabilouse.com

Private demo vault — embedded as a tab here.

crabilouse.net

Public music site — explain your sound, not demos.

benjaminwinkelman.net

Portfolio — separate from bensguide life data.

Coming up

Add appointments in Calendar — they show here.

Phase map

Three-phase plan — track what's been built and what's coming next.

Event log

Everything logged in bensguide — feelings, calendar, habits, system sync, and more. Tap ✕ to delete; you will be asked twice to confirm.

What bensguide can track

One plain example per thing — so you can see how notifications and data feel together before 1.0.

Your home grid

6-column widget grid · drag to reorder · ⤢ cycles size (1×1 … 3×3) · each module has its own theme.

Top bar = your priority widgets · tune appearance in .

Layout: bensguide_module_grid_v2 · Edit grid toggle = builder mode

Goals

Short targets · optional deadline · links calendar + timeline · no guilt streaks.

Learning & subjects

Structured IT learning — Network+, A+, Security+, and any subject you add. Each subject has objectives, key terms, resources, and a study log. CompTIA A+ is pre-loaded to get you started.

Log activity

Manual activity log — anything you did today.

Auto-tracker settings

Enable or disable which apps bensguide auto-tracks when the app closes.

Add app to track

Journal

Write as much as you want — each save is its own entry. Groups by day in the list.

All entries

IT & job notes

You're learning IT to get a first job — freeform notes for certs, study, applications, interview prep. Personal creative work stays in .

Learning path · example notes

Study

CompTIA A+ · networking basics · Linux commands

Practice

Homelab ideas · portfolio projects · resume bullets

Recipes

Full cooking cards — order of steps, amounts, tools, safety. Stored as guide_node.

Design & layout

Modular design first: each module has theme + density. Top bar = priority widgets. Mobile rebalances — not too dense, not too empty.

Priority widgets (top bar)

← scroll left → older · ✕ to delete (double confirm)

Not your feed — shows why things matter together. Connect any two entities (gear, recipes, people, plugins, links) and they wire up here. Tap a node to highlight its connections.

Connect

from → relationship → to

When things feel too big

skills · crisis · sensory

988 · therapist # · trusted person

Verified health info

no archive.ph · reading logged

Med wrapper

Pages read

Medications

Your medication list — tap a med to log that you took it.

Today's med log

Supplements

Vitamins, minerals, and supplements — tap to log taken.

Body log

honest · no score

Physical symptoms, mental symptoms, side effects — just your log, not a diagnosis.

Side effects

Log any side effects you notice so you can discuss with your doctor.

People you care about

Expand a card for full detail — notes, phone, email, birthday, relationship type, events, and history. “Log hi” stamps a contact event to your timeline.

Wins

Tiny counts — fights "I did nothing today."

Weekly digest

What happened + what's waiting — no guilt spiral.

Values anchor

"Why am I doing this?" cards for when motivation dies.

Parked projects

Things on pause — not dead, just waiting.

Appointment prep

Upcoming from your calendar — tap to prep.

Hyperfocus check

Today's tracked sessions — gentle "you've been at it a while."

Cannabis log

α · pattern, not a score

Tap when you have a bowl — bensguide just shows the pattern over time. No judgment.

Today: 0 7-day avg —

Money quick link

Full spend detail lives in

Expenses

Track renewals and subscriptions: pay method, service, pre-tax cost, tax rate, after-tax total, next renewal, and interval.

Intervals: weekly · monthly · yearly · bi-yearly · one-time. CT and PA tax defaults are saved locally.

One calendar — all life stuff

Appointments, renewals, faith, people nudges. Scroll wheel or pinch to zoom. Day · week · month · year views.

Inventory

Physical item tracker only for now: item name and stored location.

Idea in FL → named save → copy to album/song/version folder → link demo on crabilouse.com. Albums: Feel Better My Friend · Corrupt Minds.

Local files & sync

copy-only

Albums & projects

Only .flp backups + latest bounce/stems in use — no sample hoarding. Major version when you say so.

FL on close

Copies from FL Projects → backup/music/{album}/{song}/{version}/ — wav · stems if used · screenshot · session.json

Whitelisted: FL · Firefox · Chrome · Discord · Steam · 3min idle pause

Your music sites

crabilouse.net + benjaminwinkelman.net = separate Node apps (portfolio & public music). bensguide links — does not merge codebases.

crabilouse.com · demos

Live embed — Electron webview in tray app. If blank here, site may block iframe; full webview still works locally.

Demo slots map to album folders above once API creds connected.

Plugins I actually like

Manual journal — vendor, what you love, tags. Searchable in Find.

Verse notes, prayer log, and Bible reading plan. Everything logs to your timeline and find.

Phone Photo Studio

ingest · E:\Photos

Index phone & family albums — EXIF date taken first, else file date, else folder name. Quarantine before delete. Lightroom 13k stays separate.

Crab's Trivia

Roblox · question bank

Draft questions here — fact-check, tick Roblox Community Standards + copyright, then export an approved pack for Studio.

New question

Saved links — read later

Paste a link + why you saved it. Stored as a node, logged to timeline.

Session prep

Jot what you want to talk about — saved to your timeline so you don't lose it.

Share with therapist

Weekly mood / energy / anxiety summary from your logs — you approve before sharing.

Read-only link until you revoke (real share = phase 2).

Local connections

SQLite · backup · Drive

Hostinger sites

pre-login DB checklist

bensguide.online · crabilouse.com · crabilouse.net · benjaminwinkelman.net — encrypted creds · test MySQL · deploy bensguide-site/

Full data export / import / wipe lives in .

Tap an outlet — political lean badge · saved snapshot count · click to read your archive.

Synced archive library

Reading history

desktop log

Change log

Surveys, applied prompts, and decisions — stored locally (bensguide_evolution_v1) until GuideDB sync.

Version logs

pre-α

Latest survey

Site connections

Hostinger pre-login checklist — bensguide.online deploys from desktop/Cursor, not here.