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, as an early employee at Buffer, and at 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.