Software, apps, and automations that make real work easier.

I build AI automation, iOS apps, Cloudflare sites, and internal tools. Most of my work starts as a messy workflow and ends as something people can use.

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Work I can point to

SwingDraw

Golf swing video review with drawing tools, frame stepping, path tracking, and a paid-once model.

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Local Photo Upscaler

Private photo upscaling, denoise, deblur, and portrait restore on iPhone and iPad.

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ClearSpeed GPS

A simple paid-once GPS speedometer with large display, trip stats, HUD mirror mode, and no tracking.

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UCSD automation systems

Instructor assistant provisioning, Oracle workflow automation, accessibility checks, dashboards, and AI-assisted operations tools.

Systems
iOS apps Developer page
SwingDraw app icon SwingDraw Golf swing analyzer Local Photo Upscaler app icon Local Photo Upscaler Private photo enhancement Local AI Note Taker app icon Local AI Note Taker Voice notes and summaries Bible AI app icon Bible AI Ask questions while reading ClearSpeed GPS app icon ClearSpeed GPS Simple GPS speedometer WildFind app icon WildFind Scavenger hunts FODMAP Living app icon FODMAP Living Meal guidance
Systems and automation

A lot of my best work is not a public app. It is the internal thing that stops a team from copying data between systems, chasing the same ticket twice, or guessing what a workflow is doing.

AI instructional assistants

Provisioning flows around Google OAuth, Drive folders, class material, and RAG-backed assistants.

Oracle and finance workflows

Automation for product ordering, billing, invoice download, and exception-heavy operational paths.

Accessibility and QA tooling

Cloudflare-based checks, browser rendering, axe-core scans, and fix suggestions for campus web work.

Analytics and launch loops

Local dashboards and reports that tie together App Store, search, web analytics, and sales signals.

Public projects and links GitHub profile
Mermaid to Lucid Convert Mermaid diagrams toward editable diagram workflows. mermaidtolucid.com DropInPDF Small web utility for combining PDF and image workflows. dropinpdf.com Ghost deployment work Docker and AWS/Packer experiments for repeatable Ghost installs. GitHub Fantasy baseball tools Draft-day utilities, scraping, local storage, and fast feedback loops. GitHub Older experiments Menu bar apps, data tools, prototypes, and small utilities from years of building. @dbalders
How I tend to build
  1. Start with the annoying part. Where are people copy-pasting, waiting, checking twice, or giving up?
  2. Ship the smallest useful version. Enough UI, data, auth, and deployment to use it for real.
  3. Keep the loop alive. Logs, checks, analytics, and enough maintenance that it does not rot the week after launch.

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Best route in is email. I am usually interested in practical AI, internal tools, iOS apps, and workflow problems with enough friction to justify real software.