Hey, I'm Shawn 👋
I build things
that matter.
Full-stack developer and indie maker. I live and work in the Windsor/Detroit area. 12+ years shipping software — from enterprise platforms at GM and Ford to scrappy side projects I can't stop thinking about. I love the whole thing: the messy idea, the late-night debug session, and the moment it finally clicks.
Things I've built
A mix of commercial apps, games, and creative side projects. Some are live, some are works in progress — all of them taught me something.
Adeso
AI for the rest of us.
A plug-and-play AI appliance built on a Mac Mini — your own private AI assistant that runs locally, speaks your language, and doesn't phone home. No cloud required.
Questify
Turn content into quests.
A platform that gamifies learning through quests and challenges. Built from co-founder to solo maintainer — it's had a journey and keeps going.
Farsi Flash
English ↔ Farsi, the fun way.
A language learning app for English speakers tackling Farsi. Flashcards, quiz rounds, XP/levels/streaks, RTL rendering, and audio pronunciation — built with love and a lot of Unicode.
EdgeLedger
Prediction market analytics.
Portfolio tracker and analytics platform for prediction market traders. Covers Kalshi & Manifold — with arbitrage scanning, price alerts, shareable cards, and a Pro tier.
Dink
Pickleball, organised.
Meetup scheduling and skill tracking for pickleball players. Because the sport deserves better than group texts and Google Sheets.
Elarya Studio
Atmospheric indie games from Ontario.
A one-person indie game studio building atmospheric, thoughtful games with a focus on cosmic horror, roguelikes, and experimental gameplay.
Threshold
A deckbuilder at the edge of reason.
A cosmic horror roguelite deckbuilder where sanity isn't just a stat — it warps the cards you can play. 131 cards, 21 relics, and a full run loop that will make you question your choices.
Hollow Castle
A game in development.
A new game project currently in development, with the shape and details still being carved out through prototyping.
Piano AR
See the music, play the piano.
A mixed-reality piano teacher for Meta Quest 3. Virtual keys overlay your real piano, hand tracking guides your fingers, and Guitar Hero-style gameplay makes practice actually fun.
The Grasscast
Games, life, and everything in-between.
A podcast I co-host with Kwab Fordjour, interviewing friends, family, and other interesting people about games, what they are, and how they shape our lives and experiences.
Player Piano
Vonnegut for the algorithm age.
An animated adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's *Player Piano* — darkly funny shorts about automation, dignity, and what happens when the machines get really good. BoJack meets Black Mirror.
3D Print Boutique
Printed with care, shipped with love.
Custom 3D-printed products on Etsy. Currently featuring a custom car vent phone mount — with more designs in the works. First 5-star review earned May 2026. 🌟
A bit about me
I got into development because I wanted to build things — not just write tickets. Over a decade later, that's still the reason I sit down at the keyboard.
I've shipped production software for some big names (GM, Ford) and spent just as much time building weird side projects that scratch my own itch — a language learning app, a prediction market tracker, a cosmic horror card game, a podcast about games and life, and a piano teacher for VR headsets. If the idea is interesting enough, I'll build it.
I'm most at home in the full stack: Next.js on the front, Node on the back, Supabase when I want to move fast. I also wander into game dev (Godot, Unity) and hardware (currently: AI appliances on Mac Minis).
I'm available for freelance contracts, consulting, and the right full-time role. If you've got a hard problem and want someone who gives a damn about the details, let's talk.
12+ years
writing code professionally
Enterprise → Indie
GM, Ford, and now my own thing
Windsor/Detroit area
living and working locally, available remotely worldwide
Currently working on
What I work with
Tools I reach for regularly — plus a few I picked up because a side project demanded it.
Frontend
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Vue / Nuxt
- Tailwind CSS
- HTML / CSS
Backend
- Node.js
- Fastify
- Prisma
- PostgreSQL
- Supabase
- REST & GraphQL
Mobile & Game Dev
- Godot 4 / GDScript
- Unity 6 / C#
- Expo / React Native
- Meta XR SDK
DevOps & Cloud
- Vercel
- Fly.io
- Railway
- AWS EC2
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
Other
- Odoo
- Stripe
- Ollama / LLMs
- 3D Printing / Fusion 360
- Figma
Get in touch
Whether you've got a project in mind, want to hire me, or just want to talk shop — my inbox is open.