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August 30, 2026•4 min read

Mack's BBQ Shack: I built a Main Street site that still feels like the pit

Mack's Shack BBQ is a private Next 16 / Bun / Convex / Resend Canton pit site with a condensation-glass hero, skeuomorphic chalkboard menu, and catering leads from notify@uncap.us. Live on www.macksbbqshack.com; sixty-seven commits through the Aug 30 Resend fix.

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August 8, 2026•3 min read

Kings Roofing NC: I didn't redesign the WordPress site — I lifted it to Next.js

Kings Roofing NC is a pixel-faithful WordPress-to-Next lift that kept #FF7620, the lion, color pickers, and metal-structure tree under Hustle-Launch/kingsroofingnc.com. Working surface is kingsroofingnccom.vercel.app (apex Cloudflare 526); HEAD 984746b.

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August 8, 2026•4 min read

Bar-B-Que Wagon: I built a Bryson City Main Street smokehouse site

Bar-B-Que Wagon is a Next 16 / Bun / Convex / Resend smokehouse site for 610 Main St, Bryson City, with Zod catering leads and Yelp plates in the repo. Live on barbquewagoncom.vercel.app; apex DNS still dark; thirty-eight commits through the Aug 8 robots header.

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August 8, 2026•3 min read

Appalachian Estate Sales: I rebuilt the Elementor site in Next before the gallery existed

Appalachian Estate Sales is a private Next.js 16.1.7 + Convex + Resend rebuild (HEAD 7a87d72, 24 commits) with seven routes and live lead capture on www.appestatesales.com. Previous/Upcoming still embed Facebook; README still says Convex/Resend are coming soon.

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