Selected work
Product stories told through the decisions that changed the outcome.
Some examples are our own products, some are named where the client context is public, and others stay anonymised. Every story focuses on the product decisions, trade-offs, and practical changes Codtronix is built to create.
Selected work patterns
Different products, the same demand for clearer ownership.
Good delivery is not measured by feature volume. It is visible in reduced uncertainty, stronger customer journeys, more reliable operations, and a team able to continue.
Proof policy: named examples and operator-role projects use public context and keep sensitive product details private. Anonymised examples preserve client identity. No invented logos, names, or performance metrics.
01 Open source macOS desktop app Owned product Building Orpyt into a native menu bar clock for people working across time zones.
Orpyt is our own open-source macOS desktop product: a dual menu bar clock with city search, weather context, calendar-aware planning, and a time scroller for cross-time-zone work.
02 Compliance software Building SAM into a complete driver compliance and DSP operations platform.
SAM needed a connected web and mobile compliance system for driver onboarding, evidence, documents, payments, scheduling, vehicles, incidents, and daily DSP operations.
03 Campus events platform Prior experience Building Youni into a campus events, ticketing, entry, and society growth platform.
As CTO at Youni, I helped build the student mobile app, organiser web platform, and Youni Scan entry app used across Oxford, Cambridge, and other Russell Group universities for discovery, ticketing, attendance, and society revenue.
04 Marketplace stabilisation Prior experience Stabilising Makwa so laundry orders, vendors, and admin operations could run smoothly.
In our early freelance days, Makwa came to us with a mobile marketplace and admin-panel stack that needed fixes, stability work, and operational support across customer orders, vendor flows, and internal management tools.
05 MVP Shaping a broad founder vision into a credible first customer release.
A founder needed to test buyer demand without committing the runway to a feature-heavy platform.
06 Practice operations platform Replacing ABR Accountants’ fragile spreadsheet process with an accountable operations platform.
ABR Accountants, a London chartered accountancy practice, needed clearer client handoffs, approvals, and reporting across a workflow that had outgrown spreadsheets.
07 Product rescue Recovering release confidence without forcing an uncontrolled rewrite.
A product team faced slow customer journeys, recurring regressions, and a backlog dominated by structural issues.
This is not the full archive. It is the front window.
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