20 years building software at Apple, Yahoo, BrightRoll, 8x8 and Buffer.
Your team built it with AI. I'll finish it.
The prototype works. Then it needs logins, a real database, security and somewhere to live, and it stalls. I take it the rest of the way, so it works for your customers and your team can keep running it.
Built software at
- Apple iPhone systems team
- Yahoo via the BrightRoll acquisition
- BrightRoll mobile and web SDKs
- 8x8 created the developer relations org
- Buffer employee #7
The usual story
AI gets you a long way. The last stretch is where it stalls.
Your team built it with AI
It works on their laptop.
- Logins
- Data that sticks
- Security
- Hosting
Live, safe, and yours
I finish it.
A real result
Boudreau Insurance
2,500+
customers followed up with and switched over
- Follow-ups that go out on their own
- Texts whose replies reach the right agent
- A list for every agent, so nothing slips
“Matt stands out as one of the few developers who is incredibly skilled technically, while also having a strong product and design sense - he’s a real swiss army knife.”
How it works
Three steps. The first two are free.
- 01
Tell me the hard part
A few lines on what you are trying to do and where it is stuck.
- 02
I reply in writing
What I think is wrong and what I would check first. Free.
- 03
A check-up, if it is a fit
A fixed-price week on your real setup, ending in a written plan. Then I can do the work.
You hire one person.
I handle the whole job: the plan, the build, the launch, and keeping it running. If a piece needs a specialist, I bring them in and manage them. Think of it like a general contractor for software. You deal with me, not five different people.
You can count on
- One person to call. It's just me by default. If anyone else ever needs access, I ask you first.
- You own everything. The code, the accounts, the data.
- Bad news comes from me first, with the fix.
Selected work
Proof I finish things: live software I built and still run.
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hereby
Time tracking for people who work at someone else's address.
GPS clock-in, a signature from the client, a timesheet the office can trust, and the miles that go with it. Built for home-care agencies. One plan, every feature.
How I built hereby → -
Pickle
A personal CRM that answers one question: who should I talk to today?
Contacts with a cadence, a timeline that fills itself from Gmail and Calendar, boards for the people you're working, and the introductions hiding in your own network. Built for one person.
How I built Pickle → -
FeedbackThing
Bug reports that point at the exact button.
A widget for any page. The customer clicks the thing they mean, adds a screenshot and a circle, and it lands in your inbox with the selector, the page, and the viewport attached.
How I built FeedbackThing →
Writing
What I've learned the hard way.
- Sep 2026 Taking over a 48-hour startup competition taught me how to get clients Two years running RIT48, and why it made people start calling me.
- Jun 2026 This is not for you What selling candy door to door taught me about selling software.
- Apr 2025 An Overnight Success That Wasn't JobTracker's wait-list went viral overnight. It was bots.
Hi, I'm Matt.
I spent 20 years building software at Apple, BrightRoll, Yahoo and 8x8, plus startups of my own. One of them was backed by Beyoncé.
Today I run Gardner Tech Group from Annapolis. If you need something hard done well, that's the job I like best.
Got something hard that needs doing? Send it to me.
If I'm not the right person, I'll tell you who is.