FOUNDER · ENGINEER · RESEARCHER · BUILDER
Peter Newton. Software for messy real-world information
I build software for
messy real-world information.
I’m a technical founder and software engineer working at the intersection of information, software, and the real world. I solve problem by building systems around them, and share what I learn along the way.
Currently building Momentra in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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How fragmented community information becomes trustworthy structured data.
Notes on engineering, event infrastructure, and the work of local publishing.
One question led to another.
From community calendars to information infrastructure. What started as a local events guide became a deeper investigation into how real-world information works.
Salt & Green
An Upper Valley events guide. A firsthand encounter with the work behind every listing.
Website → Events
An early experiment: give it a website, find the events. Extraction was only the beginning.
Momentra
Infrastructure for finding, reconciling and maintaining dependable event information.
Field notes & open questions
The Hidden Cost of Doing It Right
A field study examining the operational effort required to maintain public event information. The quiet work behind the calendar: finding, checking, reconciling, and keeping things current.
Read the research summaryFinding an event is not the same as knowing it’s real
Thinking through extraction, identity, responsibility, verification and freshness.
Seedling·DraftThe problem isn’t another calendar
Why a useful interface depends on reliable information underneath it.
Seedling·DraftSelected work
Momentra
Community event data infrastructure.
Making fragmented event information dependable, structured, and useful to the systems that need it.
Explore the projectThings I’m trying.
Not everything needs to become a company. Some things are worth building just to see what happens.
Latest published notes
The notebook is taking shape.
New published notes will appear here. For now, explore the research summary and ideas in progress.
A little work, most days.
From the workbench, on GitHub.