A look in the past.

Building came first.

I've been building things since I was a kid - modding consoles, then computers, then websites - and I haven't really stopped since. My career started in internet marketing and web development, where I fell in love with automation: taking a repetitive, annoying task and making it disappear.

In 2014 that turned into BoosterBots, a software company where I built Windows automation tools and custom systems for businesses. I spent years designing, shipping, and supporting desktop software for paying customers. It taught me more about building real products than anything I've done since.

I stepped back.

The tools worked - that wasn't the problem. The problem was I was building software that fought the platforms it ran on, and I didn't want to spend my life doing that. I wanted to make things that are legitimately useful and won't get shut down.

It was a revealing time, a vulnerable one, and honestly a scary one at times. But I found more of myself in that time, enough to grow into who I am today.

"I took a break from everything, not a vacation."

I came back wanting to help.

Somewhere in 2023 and 2024, AI tools got good enough to build real products with. I'd been watching the space for years, waiting for the technology to catch up to the ideas in my head. Suddenly it had.

I shipped Handmade Checker, the first retail thing I'd built since I started developing again. I remembered how much I love building. I came back wanting to help other people grow too, and to work in a purer way.

What I came back with is Moss AI Studio - my one-man shop for local-first, privacy-respecting tools. Same builder, same love of automation, but now I build things I can stand behind. I wrote the full story over at Moss AI Studio.

Moss grows slow.

Today the work is apps that help solve problems: CopySprout, Handmade Checker, IndieGameScout, Moss Toolbox, Marimo Bot. When I'm not working on my own products, I take on custom builds and automation projects through the studio - turning clunky processes into clean, working systems for people who would rather not fight their own software.

Moss. It grows slow, doesn't need much, and covers ground steadily. That is the kind of business I want to build - and the kind of life I'm trying to make room for. When I'm not at a keyboard, I'm usually: camping, fishing, or spending time at the beach.