I build things because I can't seem to leave a good idea alone.

I'm a founder and self-taught developer who loves turning ideas into real, working products — from fintech and AI to mobile apps, privacy tools, home-lab infrastructure, and the occasional project that started with "I wonder if this is possible..." at 2 AM.

I care about technology that actually does something useful for people.

Founder & Lead Developer

A new approach to peer-to-peer lending built around transparency, trust, and giving people better access to capital.

FinTech Web3 TypeScript Supabase Ethereum Stripe

A native personal-finance and banking experience designed around a simple question:

What would banking look like if we rebuilt it for the person using it instead of the institution running it?

Built natively in SwiftUI with banking, lending, KYC, trust, automation, and AI concepts under one roof.

Swift SwiftUI FinTech AI iOS

A Bible-focused iOS experience built around making Scripture approachable, beautiful, and part of everyday life.

Faith isn't something I keep separate from the rest of my life. It influences why I build, how I treat people, and what I ultimately want my work to accomplish.

SwiftUI iOS Faith Product Design

My web design and development studio.

I love taking an empty screen and turning it into something that feels alive — strong typography, motion, dark interfaces, thoughtful interactions, and experiences that don't look like they came out of the same template factory as everything else on the internet.

Web Design JavaScript UI/UX Animation Branding

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I'm especially interested in the intersection between AI, finance, privacy, and human-centered software.

Some people collect sneakers.

I apparently collect old Dell PowerEdge servers.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              MATTY'S HOME LAB               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                             │
│   Dell PowerEdge R510  ──► AI / LLMs        │
│   Dell PowerEdge T310  ──► Storage / Linux  │
│   Dell PowerEdge R410  ──► Experiments      │
│                                             │
│   Ubuntu • Docker • Tailscale • Ollama      │
│   OpenCode • Cloudflare • Self Hosting      │
│                                             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

I love self-hosting, networking, Linux, local AI, and figuring out how much useful life can still be squeezed out of hardware somebody else decided was obsolete.

I'm not particularly interested in technology for technology's sake.

I like starting with:

"Why does this suck?"

Then:

"Could I build something better?"

And finally:

"Well... now I have to try."

My projects tend to live somewhere between software engineering, entrepreneurship, design, and experimentation.

I prototype quickly, break things frequently, learn what I didn't know yesterday, and keep pushing until the idea becomes something you can actually use.

I'm a developer, but that's definitely not the whole story.

My Christian faith is a huge part of my life.

I'm fascinated by Scripture, theology, history, and the intersection between ancient wisdom and modern technology.

Give me:

• an old car
• a multimeter
• some questionable wiring
• a piece of technology that absolutely was not designed for that car

…and I'm probably going to try making it work anyway.

I genuinely enjoy rescuing old computers and servers.

There's something satisfying about taking hardware headed toward recycling and turning it into a:

server → AI machine → NAS → development box → completely unnecessary weekend project

AI fascinates me far beyond chatbots.

I'm interested in:

• Local models
• Autonomous agents
• AI-assisted software development
• Human + AI collaboration
• Privacy-preserving AI
• Financial AI
• Running models on hardware they probably shouldn't run on

I think we're still ridiculously early.

Software is temporary.

Cats walking directly across your keyboard while you're debugging production are forever.

Technology is powerful, but people matter more than software.

I want to build things that:

✓ Give people more control
✓ Make complicated systems understandable
✓ Protect privacy
✓ Expand access to opportunity
✓ Treat users like humans
✓ Challenge outdated systems
✓ Leave something useful behind

Success to me isn't just building a company.

It's being able to look back and say:

I built things that mattered to somebody.

I'm always interested in meeting:

Founders • Developers • Designers • AI nerds • FinTech people • Open-source contributors • Builders • People with ideas that sound slightly unreasonable

If you're working on something interesting, I probably want to hear about it.