Here is every tool I use to run my business, listed in public so you can see what I use and what I stopped using.
Last updated: July 2026// What I'm running
If you hire me, you get working tools like these, not a slide deck about them. Most of what is below runs on my own computer, so private information stays private.
Claude Code, routing work across Opus 4.8, Sonnet, and Haiku 4.5 so the simple jobs run on the cheapest model that can do them. Runs 24/7 on a Mac Studio M4 Pro at home.n8n instance (Docker, on the Mac Studio) runs the Evalve automations: discovery follow-ups, newsletter hand-off, lead-magnet tracking, welcome replies, and error alerts. No Zapier, no per-task SaaS fees.Qwen 3) served on tinygrad over a Mac Studio M4 Max with an external GPU, with automatic fallback to cloud models when a job needs more power. Sensitive data never leaves the network.Matrix homeserver (Synapse), end-to-end encrypted, is becoming the primary channel I talk to the assistant through, read in Element X. Migrating off Telegram, which stays as a fallback.Next.js on Vercel, Supabase Postgres) is the CRM and command center: outreach pipeline, morning briefing, email sync, and calendar, with a test suite kept green.Beehiiv, with a gated blog and a free community at newsletter.evalveconsulting.com, on a custom sending domain. The podcast, Evalve Out Loud, is separate.GitHub Pages, no CMS. Every page is version-controlled and deploys on push. (This page included.)Buffer schedules to LinkedIn (primary) and Instagram (secondary). The weekly AI Tip Card is rendered from a brand-locked HTML template into a 1080x1350 image.Descript (edit-by-text), recorded on a multicam iPhone rig with a Rode wireless split and a two-track Logic capture for in-person episodes.Stripe handles product checkout and the working-session booking; Mercury is the business bank.// What I'm building
The active experiments. These are in motion right now, not roadmap wishes. Three fronts have my attention this quarter.
Native SwiftUI iOS apps built solo and shipped to TestFlight: The Companion, a support tool for parents of kids with complex needs, and BehaviorTracker, an IEP-ready data tool. Plus Evalve to Independence, an iPad POS-simulation app for life-skills instruction.
On TestFlight · iteratingA repeatable content engine: the weekly AI Tip Card renders from a brand-locked template to a finished image, n8n hands each newsletter issue off to social, and a short-form clip pipeline cuts vertical video out of build sessions and the podcast.
Live · expanding the clip engineI edit Evalve Out Loud by editing the written transcript, the way you would fix a Google Doc, and a tool cuts each episode into a week of short clips. The goal is to record once and show up in more than one place, without an edit marathon.
Building the clip tool// What I killed
Tools I stopped using, left visible on purpose. A clean list hides the learning. Each one has a date and a one-line reason.
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