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I take what a business needs and turn it into something that works. Not a prototype, not a wireframe, not a slide deck — an actual running thing that does what you asked it to do.

Most teams already know what they need. They just don’t have the time, the language, or the right person to build it. That’s me.

Direct engagements with end clients. No agencies, no staff augmentation.

What I help with

The “we’ve outgrown our spreadsheet” problem. Three tabs nobody but Sandra understands, formulas that break every time someone sneezes, no audit trail. I’ll build the actual tool — fitted to how the team really works, not how some software vendor thinks it should.
The “every Monday at 9am” problem. The recurring grunt-work — copying numbers between systems, sending the same report to the same people, chasing the same approvals. Automate it once, get the time back forever.
The “we’re always reactive” problem. The team has no rhythm. No clear intake, no follow-ups, no signal at month-end. I’ll set up the cadence and the dashboards leadership can actually trust, then leave it running on its own.

How it works

We talk. You describe the problem in your own words. I translate that into what’s needed and what’s involved — and tell you straight whether it’s a fit.
I quote the work as a fixed price up front, or set up a short monthly retainer for ongoing help. No meter running either way.
$3k minimum so scope stays healthy on both sides.
I work nights and weekends around a day job, so timelines are honest from the first conversation.

Things I’ve shipped

Endpaper — a private writing system. Capture thoughts in any shape (journal, notes, scholarly drafts), search across everything you’ve ever written, publish to any blog. My main personal tool, live and in production.
Best Cigar Matches — a real direct-to-consumer business selling hand-made cedar matches. Real customers, real revenue. My wife runs fulfillment.
The Creed — a daily-reflection app I built for my kids. They check in each day on a virtue, earn points, customize their character. Their parents (us) get a dashboard. Running quietly for years.
Plink — a tip jar for indie creators. They embed it on their site, visitors send small amounts directly, no middleman skim.
The Cockpit + The Ledger — my own private command center for running my life. Tasks, projects, time, meetings, mileage, plus a full personal-finance suite covering debt elimination and cash runway. The dogfood proof — I built the same kind of thing for myself that I’d build for you.
This site — a blog with a custom publishing pipeline I can push to from anywhere. The companion piece to the Cockpit; together they let me post a photo from my phone and have it live on the blog in seconds.

Where I come from

Ten-plus years running operations and program delivery for large, complicated work portfolios. Turning fragmented intake into predictable cadence. Owning the messy parts of system replacements from “the new thing works” through go-live. Building dashboards leadership actually trusts. Triaging production issues alongside developers when something breaks at 2pm on a Friday.

The personal builds aren’t a hobby. They’re the same instincts — make work visible, close the loop, keep flow steady — applied to my own systems. If your team is drowning in spreadsheets and reactive work, that’s exactly the problem I spend my days solving.

How to start

Send me a note via the contact page with what you’re trying to do and roughly when. Even a paragraph is enough — you don’t need to know what to call it, how it should work, or what it’s built with. Plain language is fine. Plain language is preferred.

I’ll reply within a day or two with whether it’s a fit and what scoping looks like. If it’s not the right match, I’ll usually point you somewhere it might be.

No form to fill out. No “discovery call” CRM trap. A real email gets a real reply.