Hi, I’m Dave

I design and create things. Take a look around.

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Hella!New
Audio software
Playful audio plugins for creating, shaping, and playing with new sounds.
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TextendNew
Text expansion for Mac
Turn keywords into saved text, with snippets synced across Macs via iCloud.
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Latest Labs

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Music
Chord Explorer
Explore guitar chords on a 3D Stratocaster or Les Paul, compare finger positions, and strum to hear each chord.
Art
Glass Flower
Rotate a glass lotus, replay its bloom, and adjust its lighting and materials.

Latest Writing

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The keyword :sig on four keys expands into a saved email signature reading Best regards, Dave.

October 26, 20264 min read

Building Textend: a native Mac text expander

How I built a Mac text expander, from its snippet library and template previews to overlapping keywords, text insertion, and iCloud sync.

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Solar wind readings converge on Lyria musical controls, followed by an illustrative waveform and an AzuraCast broadcast branching to listeners.

October 1, 20269 min read

Building Fluxgate: live radio shaped by solar wind

How I built Fluxgate using solar wind data, Google Lyria, and AzuraCast, with a Rive play button and themes inspired by aerospace.

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Companies I’ve Worked With

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A few professional stats

My experience and strengths

years in technology: 25
companies worked with: 20+
years consulting: 14+
remote career: 100%

Personality

Self-directed: High autonomy
Direct: Precise communication
Pragmatic: Outcome-oriented
Adaptable: Across disciplines
Thorough: Quality-minded
Skeptical: Tests assumptions

Reasoning

Systems thinking: Signature
Root-cause analysis: Signature
Cross-domain synthesis: Signature
Evidence evaluation: Strong
Practical judgment: Signature
Learning agility: Strong

Professional Strengths

Product ownership: Signature
Design engineering: Signature
Systems architecture: Signature
Technical leadership: Strong
Product & growth: Strong
Technical communication: Strong

Technical Depth

PHP / Laravel / SQL: Signature
React / Vue / TypeScript: Signature
AI agents / MCP: Signature
Swift / iOS / Electron: Strong
C++ / JUCE / VST/AU: Working
Python / Ruby: Working

Assessment by OpenAI GPT-6 Astra, September 2026. Qualitative synthesis of career materials.
Signature = defining strength. Strong = established practice. Working = limited experience.

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