TypeScript, Python, Go, SQL
Most of the day-to-day is TypeScript and Python. Go shows up when something needs to be fast and boring. SQL is where the real thinking happens.
Background
What I actually know how to do
Node, Postgres, Docker, Linux
Postgres for anything with structure. Docker for shipping. Linux servers I configure myself, because managed platforms eventually send you a bill you didn't agree to.
Accessible HTML, CSS, vanilla JS
Not every interface needs a framework. Half the reason software feels slow is that people reach for one when a form would do.
Docs, migrations, support, backups
Writing the code is maybe forty percent of the job. The other sixty is the work nobody demos: documentation, database migrations, answering email, and making sure last night's backup actually ran.
How I work
The methodology, if you want to call it that
Five steps, in order, every time. It's not complicated — it's just followed consistently.
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Find a real problem Usually one I've hit myself, or a customer has described in enough detail that I can feel it.
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Design the smallest useful tool Scope gets cut on purpose. If a feature doesn't earn its place, it doesn't get built.
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Build and document it Documentation gets written alongside the code, not after. It's part of shipping, not a follow-up task.
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Ship and support it Every product launches with a real support channel that reaches me directly.
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Iterate on what people actually ask for Feedback comes from the people using the thing, not from a roadmap meeting.
The honest case for one person
Why a solo publisher is a feature, not a limitation
No committee decisions
When three customers ask for the same thing and it makes sense, it goes in. No product manager has to justify it to a director.
No feature bloat
Every feature is code I have to maintain, document, and support alone. That's a very effective filter.
Direct accountability
There's no tier of support to escalate to. If something is broken, it's mine to fix. That tends to make you care about getting it right.
Faster fixes
Bug report to shipped fix, often in the same day. There's no handoff, no triage meeting, no ticket sitting in a backlog.
Based in Gastonia
Rooted in the Charlotte metro, serving customers anywhere
The LLC is registered at 119 Ann ST in Gastonia, North Carolina — about twenty miles west of Charlotte. It's not a Delaware shell and it's not a coworking address with a mail-forwarding service. It's where the work happens.
Customers come from across the US and, increasingly, from overseas. Remote support works fine for software. But when someone wants to know where their vendor actually is, the answer here is a real place with a real phone number.