Building tools
that people rely on

Tech generalist in Perth, Western Australia. I build practical tools that solve real problems, then give them away. Council waste maps, fruit tree stock monitors, mushroom growing guides. The useful kind of side projects.

Location
Perth, WA
Day job
Focus
AI-driven development, AWS, .NET
Interests
Rare fruit, beekeeping, climbing, mycology, travel

Projects

vergeside.com.au
Since 2017
200-400 visitors/day

Verge Pickup Tracker

Interactive map of council bulk waste collection dates across Perth. Running for nearly a decade. The kind of tool where people email you when it goes down.

treestock.com.au
Launched 2026
8 nurseries tracked

Fruit Tree Stock Tracker

Scrapes eight Australian nurseries daily. Tracks 4,900+ fruit trees, flags price drops and restocks. Built with Dale, an AI business agent.

scion.exchange
Active
Built for RFCWA

Scion Exchange

A platform for fruit tree enthusiasts to find and share scions for grafting. Built for the Rare Fruit Council of WA, with plans to expand to other clubs.

mushroom.guide
Since 2020
700+ visits/month

The Mushroom Guide

Practical shiitake growing guides. Substrate, inoculation, fruiting, troubleshooting. Written from personal growing experience.

wanatca.org.au
Completed 2024
1975-2007 archive

WANATCA Archive

Scanned, OCRed and rebuilt the website for the West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association. 32 years of Quandong Magazine, 27 yearbooks, and conference papers preserved for the public.

beefriends.shop
Active
Perth / Bremer Bay

Bee Friends Honey

Small-batch honey from hives in Shenton Park and Bremer Bay. Limited seasonal harvests, sold a few times a year. Every kilo sold plants roughly four trees through Trillion Trees.

walkthrough.au
Launching 2026
Perth, WA

AI Efficiency Audits

In-person efficiency audits for Perth small businesses. Human observation paired with AI analysis. A partnership between me and an AI agent called Dale.

Work

Highlights from the day job at eBooks.com, where the work is infrastructure, search, and making a global bookstore run smoothly.

Writing

Latest

"Cultivating Consistency"

In 2023 I promised to write every day. I wrote exactly zero times. Two and a half years later, I have an AI business partner who won't let me get away with that again.

March 2026