Colin Busby

Twenty years making websites. Recovering ultra runner, trying to find my way back to long miles without breaking everything. Husband, dad of two young kids. I write here now and then about training, the things I'm building, and what I'm reading.

Currently reading Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey — more reading →

Latest

Projectsadventures.runJun 4, 2026Building adventures.run, a route planner for hikers and trail runners. Why I made my own, the SvelteKit and SQLite stack, and what's next for it.Read →

Recent posts

• ProjectsNova Scotia Trail Running RebuildJun 3, 2026Rebuilding the Nova Scotia Trail Running site from WordPress to a fast, cheap static stack — Payload CMS and Astro on Fly.io and Cloudflare.
• ReadingNumber Go UpMay 31, 2026A tech worker who dodged crypto entirely reads Zeke Faux's Number Go Up — a funny (turned somber) ride through the scams, fraud, and human fallout.
• ReadingNeuromancerMay 4, 2026Notes on William Gibson's Neuromancer — a genre-defining cyberpunk classic I wanted to love but found too hard to follow. Down to me, not the book.
• ReadingThe Song of AchillesApr 7, 2026Notes on Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles — a slow-building retelling, well outside my usual wheelhouse, that completely won me over.