Independent software consultancy in Los Angeles.

I help founders and teams get started, shape new products, and unstick the stalled ones, and I build my own products too. Twenty years in, named for an owl, serious about the work.

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Consulting

Get started, shape a new product, or unstick a stalled one. Brand direction and technical strategy. Taking on select work.

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What I'm building

Two products in the workshop. Honest status, early-access lists open. Watch them take shape.

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Consulting

Available for select engagements.

Brand direction and technical strategy, for founders getting started, teams shaping a new product, and products that have stalled. I take on a small number of engagements at a time, where the direction matters and the stakes are real.

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Products in development.

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Bare Form

In active development

A lightweight form backend for developers and WordPress users. No bloat, flat pricing.

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Triceratops

In active development

Operations software for fan conventions, built by someone who's run them.

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20yrs

Two decades in software, named on several dozen patents and trusted in partner meetings with IBM. I advise founders and teams on direction and strategy, and build my own products, so I know the whole arc, not just the advice. More about me →