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Everyone wants the big relaunch; almost nobody does the small stuff. Here's the twenty-minute Sunday night routine that actually keeps ChrisJM alive — four jobs, one checklist, and no ambition beyond leaving the site slightly better than I found it.
For years the 404 on chrisjm.co.uk was a single line of grey text. Now it's a tiny corner shop with stocked shelves, a bell, a standing cat, and an open invitation to write to me. Here's how it got built, and the surprisingly decent numbers it produced in its first month.
My portfolio has a page for unfinished work: paused builds, dormant ideas, and one project I killed on purpose. Here's why the messy middle belongs on a personal site in 2026, how to label it honestly, and how to write project notes that stay useful to whoever wanders past.
Most of what ends up on this site was not written at a tidy desk with a plant on it. It was written on a train, on a table the size of a beer mat, somewhere between Crewe and Rugby. Here's what actually works when the Wi-Fi dies and the person opposite is on a very loud call.
No office, no team, no whiteboard full of synergy. Just a kitchen table, a slightly moody router and a weekly routine that mostly holds together. Here's the honest version of how ChrisJM gets planned, written and shipped — including the bits that still go wrong.