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SMSpencer Madrie
22 years a millwright · now building in Rust

Spencer
Madrie

I spent two decades keeping industrial machines alive. Now I build software, servers, and the tools I run my businesses on. I manage the stack myself. This site is one of those builds.

On the
bench

Software built for my own work
FEATURED BUILD · RUST DESKTOP APP

eBay Tracker

I built a desktop tool to follow the work behind a sale: what I bought, what it cost, what sold, and whether the package arrived. It brings sales, inventory costs, purchase records, and shipping follow-up into one place.

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COMPANION BUILD · TELEGRAM LISTER

From photos
to a listing.

The tracker handles what happens around a sale. The Telegram lister handles getting the item online. Send an item’s photos with its storage location and notes, and the listing workflow starts from the conversation.

Read the listing workflow →

Why I build my own tools

After two decades as a millwright, I’m used to working with systems where the parts have to work together—and where understanding how something works matters when it stops working. Software gives me a different place to apply that experience.

Some projects start with a practical need. The eBay tracker and Telegram lister grew out of my resale work: getting items listed, keeping records connected, and understanding what a sale actually earned. Building those tools myself lets me shape them around the way I work.

Others start with curiosity: taking on a larger system and working through how its pieces fit together. Not every project needs to save me time. Some are worth doing for what I learn by building them.

Websites
I’ve built

Different ideas. Their own identities.

Shops, archives, publications, and experiments—websites I’ve built for my businesses and interests.

theravenscrypt.com01 / 09
Records & dark art

The Raven’s Crypt

theravenscrypt.com
WEBSITE / 01

Records & dark art

A shop for spoken-word records, tapes, zines, and dark goods.

Visit The Raven’s Crypt ↗

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thetelltaleasylum.com02 / 09
Literary history

The Tell-Tale Asylum

thetelltaleasylum.com
WEBSITE / 02

Literary history

Edgar Allan Poe through original documents, literary essays, and reviews.

Visit The Tell-Tale Asylum ↗

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askpoe.com03 / 09
Questions & cited sources

Ask Poe

askpoe.com
WEBSITE / 03

Questions & cited sources

A question-and-answer experience with Poe’s voice and cited sources.

Visit Ask Poe ↗

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cryptofechoes.com04 / 09
Research archive

Crypt of Echoes

cryptofechoes.com
WEBSITE / 04

Research archive

Original documents, historical collections, and connected research.

Visit Crypt of Echoes ↗

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deadtechrecovery.com05 / 09
Electronics recovery

Dead Tech Recovery

deadtechrecovery.com
WEBSITE / 05

Electronics recovery

Electronics recycling, pickup information, data destruction, and salvaged parts.

Visit Dead Tech Recovery ↗

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saltyrag.com06 / 09
Independent journalism

The Salty Rag

saltyrag.com
WEBSITE / 06

Independent journalism

Gulf Coast reporting on local government, regional history, and coastal culture.

Visit The Salty Rag ↗

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ealdspell.com07 / 09
Stories & video

Ealdspell

ealdspell.com
WEBSITE / 07

Stories & video

Poems, dark stories, philosophy, and field notes in a video-led collection.

Visit Ealdspell ↗

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ocbookshoppe.net08 / 09
Books & curiosities

Ol’ Curiosities & Book Shoppe

ocbookshoppe.net
WEBSITE / 08

Books & curiosities

An online home for new, used, and antiquarian books.

Visit Ol’ Curiosities & Book Shoppe ↗

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astrohugs.com09 / 09
Coming soon

AstroHugs

astrohugs.com
WEBSITE / 09

Coming soon

A cosmic coming-soon page introducing AstroHugs.

Visit AstroHugs ↗

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shop.

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