Founder & Software Engineer
Founded and operate AideaMaker LLC — a software company building web platforms, desktop applications, original games, and self-hosted infrastructure tools.
Key accomplishments
- Built and maintain the License Verification Server — a self-hosted SaaS licensing platform with Ed25519-signed tokens, a web dashboard, and multi-language client libraries used across all AideaMaker products
- Designed and shipped Games Nobody Likes, a web-first indie game marketplace with Stripe payments, a community forum, and a companion cross-platform desktop player
- Engineered HomeVidStream — a LAN video-streaming server with synchronized Watch Party playback and an interactive poster-wall browser
- Shipped multiple original games: The nth Dimension (Escher-themed HTML5 side-scroller), Politicrap (presidential caricature fighter), Shadow Keep (Dark Castle homage), Drunk Puck (air-hockey homage)
- Built and published two Drupal 10/11 modules: license_service (license-gated content) and AI Token Counter (tracks AI token usage and cost across providers)
- Launched Bearly Defense — a carbon-fiber self-defense multi-tool product line with a full product website