Cars have been a recurring thread throughout my career, from dealership operations and sales systems to the practical software problems hiding behind everyday automotive work.
This page collects automotive projects, observations, and the occasional detour into the machines themselves. The earlier Auto Sales BDC Portal is one example of where those interests intersect.
Archive note, April 2026: This post is based on Model Hub measurement-boundary notes and BDC analytics documentation. Analytics dashboards are very good at encouraging overconfidence. A chart shows visits. A campaign shows clicks. A tracked link shows engagement. It is tempting to keep walking the conclusion forward until the dashboard appears to prove revenue, appointments, … Read more
Archive note, November 2025: This post is based on BDC.aztexsystems template-builder documentation and field inventory notes. Automotive email campaigns look simple from the outside. A vehicle photo. A price. A button. Maybe a logo and a disclaimer. Send it to customers and move on. Inside the workflow, it is messier. There are single-vehicle offers, multi-vehicle … Read more
Two strings looked redundant in an automotive email builder, but one identified a campaign and the other identified a saved revision.
Archive note, October 2025: This post is based on BDC.aztexsystems security audit and remediation notes. Operational details have been generalized. Small internal tools have a way of becoming production tools before anyone admits it. That is dangerous because the assumptions are different. A development tool can tolerate rough edges. A production portal that handles images, … Read more
Archive note, October 2025: This post is based on BDC.aztexsystems image-tool notes and later Markit image-pipeline decisions. The BDC image tool started as a practical helper. Email campaigns needed images in predictable sizes. Vehicle photos, logos, footers, banners, and promotional graphics all had to fit templates. Manually resizing and converting assets over and over was … Read more