Gina Makes Bread + <dev>
One person, two crafts. Long-fermented sourdough from a warm kitchen, and thoughtful software built for people who need it to just work.

The bread
Seventeen sourdough recipes on a few honest doughs. Boules, bagels, pretzels, sweet loaves, discard bakes.
Browse recipes →
The code
Freelance software and AI work. Practical tools, small reliable systems, built on The Starter — my shared code framework.
See what I build →My starter, right now
Kept on the King Arthur Sourdough Sidekick.
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- Resting in the Sourdough Home
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The one recipe to learn first

Classic
Four ingredients. Two days. One perfect loaf.
The heart of everything here. Once you can make one good boule, you can make every recipe on this site — and a hundred more you'll invent yourself. Four ingredients. Two days. One perfect loaf.
Read the recipe →More from the kitchen

Hemp HeartsDraft v1
Classic boule with toasted hemp hearts. Nutrition that tastes like bread.

Auntie Anne's-Style Soft PretzelsDraft v1
Buttery. Sweet. Mall-soft. Sourdough's answer to Auntie Anne's.

Cinnamon SwirlDraft v1
Laminated cinnamon-sugar swirl. The one that looks like art.

BagelsDraft v1
Boiled in malt water. Chewy. Crackly. Honest.

Honey OatDraft v1
Soft, nutty, the loaf for slow mornings.

Pizza DoughDraft v1
Two 12-inch pizzas. Same-day or overnight cold-retard.
Software built with the same patience as a two-day loaf.
Freelance AI and software development for small teams and nonprofits. Practical, well-documented, built to last — licensed to you, cleanly.