Software development
Freelance product builds, end to end, and fractional engineering leadership for teams without a senior lead.
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The code was never the hard part.
Knowing what the numbers are meant to do is. Ten years in, I lead an engineering team at a financial institution. Lately that has meant wiring AI agents into banking systems without letting them see more than the person asking can.
Alongside it I take on a small number of freelance engagements - whole products built end to end, or the senior engineer a team does not have.
Building
Efficlick
Live · free for teams up to 5
An AI-native workspace that pulls Kanban, Gantt, OKRs, and meeting intelligence into one place.
What I work on
Ventures
The products I build under Softhrone, Efficlick first among them. Proof that things get finished, not just started.
Writing
Essays on the craft of building software and the work of leading the people who build it.
~10 yrs
Building software professionally
Banking
Retail and internet products
8,000+
Care organisations served
50
US states that platform reached
Writing
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Now and then, a letter
An occasional letter on engineering, leadership, and what I am building. No schedule I cannot keep.
Have something you need built?
I take on a couple of engagements at a time. Tell me what you are building and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.