The person behind the projects
Writer. Builder.
I write about rebuilding a life.
I build tools for owning your work.
My work spans writing, websites, WordPress, publishing systems, and practical software. I care about how things work, who controls them, and whether they hold up in everyday use.
Explore JimLunsford.com Read my background01 / Writing & publishing
Articles, frameworks & project writing
My main publishing home. Long-form writing on discipline, recovery, identity rebuilding, self-trust, and ownership, alongside software projects and the decisions behind them.
Recovery Standards and Discipline Dispatches examine how those ideas work under pressure. Builder Receipts explain what I built, what failed, what I corrected, and what the result proved.
Read the articlesNotes, photos & life as it happens
My personal stream. Short thoughts, build notes, training, family, photos, and ordinary days. The things I want to share without turning every one of them into an article.
It runs on Bonumark Stream, the publishing software I build and use for my own site.
Read the stream02 / Software & systems
I work on web publishing, WordPress and CMS tools, and systems shaped by problems I understand. I use AI-assisted development, with responsibility for the requirements, product decisions, testing, corrections, and what ships.
A self-hosted microblog CMS for posts, photos, notes, pages, and conversation on your own domain. Built around control of your content, portable archives, and a publishing workflow you can use every day.
An open-source internal linking assistant for WordPress, under active development. It helps editors find useful connections, inspect existing links, and insert approved suggestions while retaining editorial control.
A self-hosted daily logging system for correctional facilities, shaped by real facility work. It supports accountable records, audit trails, corrections, and exports. Its public site identifies it as an open-source release candidate for internal deployment.
I want my writing, media, and publishing history to have a home I control. That means a domain I own, content I can move, and software that gives me a usable way out. The same priorities guide the websites and publishing tools I build.
03 / The wider picture
I’ve been sober since August 2, 2015. That experience shapes my writing about discipline, standards, identity, and rebuilding self-trust. It sits alongside my work in technology, publishing, and software.
More about my life and workThe business structure behind my writing, publishing, software, and other projects.
A dormant recovery brand built around standards, structure, ownership, and self-trust. It is not currently operating as a full recovery program.
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