About

I'm a software developer who builds things locally before taking them anywhere. I got tired of watching people spend months on courses and never ship, or spend money on cloud infrastructure before validating a single idea.

The Starter Kit came from my own friction. Every time I started a new side project, I spent the first day on setup decisions that had nothing to do with the actual idea. Which database. Which framework. Which folder structure. I solved that problem for myself, then packaged it up.

What I believe about building

Local first is real. Running an app on your own machine is a complete thing. You can demo it, collect feedback, and validate an idea without ever touching a server. Most people skip this step and pay for it later.

72 hours is a real constraint. Not "72 hours of free time" — 72 hours of focused work distributed over a week or two. It's enough time to build something that does one thing properly. It's not enough time to overthink.

Artifacts are proof. A screenshot of a working search bar is worth more than a thousand words about your architecture. I collect them obsessively.

No gurus. I'm not selling you a lifestyle, a community, or a transformation. I'm selling a zip file with a README. If it helps you ship something, good. If not, I have a refund policy.

The Trail Journal

The journal is a public build log. I write about what I'm building, what went sideways, and what I figured out. I try to keep posts short and specific. If something took me two hours to debug, I'll write the two-paragraph version so you don't have to.

What I use

Day to day: Python, SQLite, Node.js, a terminal, and a browser. I use Linux on my main machine and a Mac for testing mobile layouts. I don't have strong opinions about text editors. I have strong opinions about not adding dependencies without a clear reason.

Contact

If you bought the kit and something's wrong, reach out. If you want to tell me what you built with it, I'd genuinely like to hear that.