Projects

Projects by Matt Ansbro

A collection of independent tools, publishing systems, and experiments built around writing, travel, AI, personal finance, and practical decision making. Everything here is independent work — built nights, weekends, and long drives, separate from any employer.

The Underdog ADVNTR logo — a dog peeking over the wordmark.

Community Initiative

The Underdog ADVNTR

Research and experimentation

A North Texas community-action initiative turning fragmented animal-welfare attention into verified, measurable action — starting with a documentation, evidence, and report-publishing foundation.

  • Astro
  • TypeScript
  • Design Tokens
  • Report Publishing

ADVNTR Road

Active

A boutique road trip and national park guide publication built around verified logistics, literary travel writing, opinionated route design, and AI assisted editorial workflows.

  • Next.js
  • Beehiiv
  • Claude Code
  • Gemini
  • Editorial Systems
  • Travel Research

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ADVNTR Board

In development

A decision making system that turns complex questions into structured cases, evidence, competing viewpoints, board style recommendations, and clear next steps.

  • Claude Code
  • AI Agents
  • Product Design
  • Decision Systems

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Active Products

ADVNTR Flow

Private build

A manual zero based budgeting app designed for real households, with AI guidance, recovery mode, bill smoothing, and a less shame based approach to personal finance.

  • FastAPI
  • SQLite
  • Vanilla JS
  • Claude API

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ADVNTR Stash

In development

An AI powered home inventory app with vision based search, built to help people photograph what they own and find it later by describing it naturally.

  • Expo
  • React Native
  • Next.js
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Supabase
  • Cloudflare R2
  • Claude API

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Systems and Experiments

Author Platform

Active

A self publishing system for writing, editing, designing, publishing, and promoting novels across Amazon KDP, author sites, social channels, and reader platforms.

  • KDP
  • Next.js
  • Vercel
  • Editorial Workflow
  • Book Marketing

Independent Publishing Workflows

Research and experimentation

Experiments in turning research, notes, and source material into useful pages, newsletters, briefs, and repeatable publishing workflows.

  • AI Research
  • Content Systems
  • Automation
  • Editorial QA