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Church Grid
Members, events, communication, giving, and reporting in one calm system, so small teams stop living in spreadsheets.
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I build fast, useful software people quietly rely on.
Product framing, interface design, and production architecture, for teams that care how software gets built.
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NowChurch Grid & Waveform AppsStudyingAI agents & TanStack StartBaseToronto, Canada
01About
I'm Joel, a solo founder and engineer in Toronto, building my own products end to end.
I take products from first sketch through interface, data model, and the systems that keep them running. Calm UI, dependable engineering, and the small details that make software feel considered.
02What I do
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Product design
Frame the problem, shape the flows, and design interfaces that feel obvious.
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Full-stack engineering
End-to-end production apps: data model, API, UI, deploy, and reliability.
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AI integration
Scoped AI features and agents that earn their place in the product.
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Ongoing partnership
I stay after launch to maintain, measure, and improve what ships.
03Selected work
All work
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Moment Gallery
Photography portfolio and inquiry site for Ontario event, portrait, corporate, and food work: image-first and built to book.
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Waveform Apps
Custom AI-powered web apps for teams that need speed and clean integration, from scoping through a maintained production system.
Visit waveformapps.com (opens in new window)04Writing
All writingFable 5, Export Controls, and GLM 5.2
Anthropic's Fable 5 hit US export controls days after launch. GLM 5.2 shipped open weights in the same window. What builders should take from both.Romans 6: Dying to Live in Christ
Romans 6 on freedom in Christ: dying to sin and self so a new life can take root.The AI-Powered Developer: Building Modern Web Apps in 2026
Practical ways Claude Code, Copilot, and similar tools change shipping with Next.js 16 and React 19, without outsourcing judgment.05How I work
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Design and build as one
No handoff gap. The person shaping the interface is the person shipping it.
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Ship small, ship often
Real software in front of real people, improving every week.
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Sweat the last 10%
Timing, empty states, and copy are where trust is quietly earned.