<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zach Lloyd: Build Log</title><description>What I ship: builds, client work, writing, and milestones.</description><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/</link><item><title>Built /funding-snapshot: live markets dashboard, fully offline</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-28-funding-snapshot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-28-funding-snapshot/</guid><description>A skill that pulls fresh funding, price, and volatility for any ticker and bakes it into a single offline HTML dashboard. Shipped to the free ZTA Vault.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>build</category><category>skills</category><category>automation</category></item><item><title>Shipped the ZTA Authority Engine content system</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-16-authority-engine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-16-authority-engine/</guid><description>Two alternating post types, proof posts and news takes, each gated through a 13-persona focus group before it ships, funneling to the free ZTA Vault.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>build</category><category>content</category><category>automation</category></item><item><title>Built /client-pack: branded docs from raw inputs</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-15-client-pack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-15-client-pack/</guid><description>A brand-config skill that turns raw business inputs into branded proposals and invoices (HTML to PDF, no external service). Built for the free ZTA Vault.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>build</category><category>skills</category><category>automation</category></item><item><title>Shipped Windows-PC cowork + Tailscale remote access</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-14-windows-cowork-tailscale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-06-14-windows-cowork-tailscale/</guid><description>Runs the Brain on a Windows box, reachable by SSH from anywhere over a key-only, Mac-locked Tailnet.</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>build</category><category>infra</category></item><item><title>Built a self-narrating AI intake demo for a dental practice</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-04-dental-intake-demo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-04-dental-intake-demo/</guid><description>An interactive prototype for a dental practice weighing an AI patient-intake system: a working demo with an auto-playing narrated walkthrough that pitched itself, and moved the engagement to scope and pricing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>client</category><category>demo</category><category>automation</category></item><item><title>Built a compliance-gated AI advisor system for a financial-advisory firm</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-04-financial-advisory-ai-advisor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-04-financial-advisory-ai-advisor/</guid><description>An advisor dashboard with auto-generated quarterly PDF explainers and a compliance gate requiring a verbatim source quote and provenance tag on every output.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>client</category><category>compliance</category><category>automation</category></item><item><title>Shipped &quot;Summer&quot;: a HIPAA-conscious AI voice receptionist</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-04-summer-voice-receptionist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-04-summer-voice-receptionist/</guid><description>A live inbound AI receptionist (&quot;Summer&quot;) for an insurance agency: state-law AI disclosure, structured medication read-back, and a warm hand-off to a human. Cut intake from ~40 min to ~4 min.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>client</category><category>voice-ai</category><category>automation</category></item><item><title>Launched VibeVoice</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-02-16-launched-vibevoice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-02-16-launched-vibevoice/</guid><description>Launched VibeVoice, my native macOS voice-to-text app: code-signed with a hardened runtime, automatic updates via Sparkle, shipped as a paid product.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>build</category><category>macos</category></item><item><title>Stabilized a 137,000-line production platform</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-02-stabilized-137k-platform/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2026-02-stabilized-137k-platform/</guid><description>A deep audit of a 137,000-line production platform: built an AI-to-AI discovery protocol, surfaced silent backup failures and a runaway AI-spend leak, and designed a zero-downtime fix with a phased backlog.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>client</category><category>audit</category><category>infra</category></item><item><title>Became a verified mentor in the Vibe Marketing Community</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2025-12-vibe-marketing-mentor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2025-12-vibe-marketing-mentor/</guid><description>Verified mentor in the 2,500+ member Vibe Marketing Community, and presented the AAA Authority Acceleration Framework to the full community.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recognition</category><category>community</category><category>content</category></item><item><title>Pivoted into AI automation consulting</title><link>https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2025-11-ai-automation-consulting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zach-lloyd.com/log/2025-11-ai-automation-consulting/</guid><description>Launched the AI automation consulting practice (now Zero to Automated), the origin marker of the current chapter.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>business</category></item></channel></rss>