I stick around after the build.

I went to school for computers, but what grabbed me showed up at my first job. I loved helping people succeed at what they were trying to do, and I loved the work in the back that has to happen for a plan to actually run. I built a lot of internal tools so the mundane, repeatable steps got done quicker, and that feeling when the plan comes together is pretty awesome. Coding was just the natural way to keep doing it.

The part I like that has nothing to do with code is that each day and each company is a new challenge. A lot of the steps repeat from one place to the next, and working in so many different fields is what keeps me thinking about what we could try. I really enjoy clients who like to talk, and I like getting plugged into the way you already do things.

Sure, I can build you a website and then disappear. You can also find plenty of people who will hand you a vibe-coded site or app, slopped together with not a lot of thought for the back end. They build it, and then they're gone for the questions, the first bugs, and that first push to real users. You want someone you can partner with for that part, not a heads-down coder with blinders on. Walking step in step with you is what I go for.

When you call, I want the user story behind the problem, not just the issue you noticed, because that issue is often only the symptom. If I can hear the clicks that took them there, and whatever is unusual about your setup, I can see the whole picture and solve it the first time, not the third or fourth.

The thing I'll talk you out of is taking on too many tools. There are a lot of really cool ones right now, especially around AI, and you could plug in a pile of them. You're not going to use half of them. I'd rather find the one you will actually use than chase whatever is fun to say in a meeting.

I work for myself because the rigmarole of a bigger company can get in the way of helping you. On my own I can flex when a project grows or shrinks once we get started, instead of staying locked into a plan we wrote before we understood the work.

Clients are usually pretty happy working with me, because I'm in the conversation and I can usually help an idea become the thing you had in mind. I can speak both languages pretty well, the business side and the build, and turn one into the other.

The annoying part is real, so here's your warning. I'll want too many details, all the pieces that fit into the puzzle rather than the elevator pitch, and we will get dragged into the weeds because I want more than the bare minimum. I'm only a little sorry about that.

I'm a fun guy, and I've had a lot of hobbies over the years. Right now my family and I are traveling the United States in an RV with an electric truck, which adds a whole extra project to the trip, and I could probably talk your ear off about that truck. A lot like the work, we meet new people and see new places most weeks, and if a place is worth it, we just stay longer.

I'm here to help, and I'm excited to help people succeed. If that sounds like who you want on this, tell me what's going on in the contact form. You don't need it all figured out. I'll ask for the details.