About
I'm David. I build production apps solo.
Founder of Modern Grind Technology. Virginia-based. Shipping real software with AI-assisted development — no agency overhead, no long timelines, no fluff.
The Story
I started building apps in 2024. What began as a curiosity about AI-assisted development turned into something I couldn't stop — because it actually worked. Not in a toy-project way. In a ship-to-production, real-users, real-stakes way. I went full-time and never looked back.
In the months since, I've shipped over 10 production apps across SaaS platforms, client work, and internal tooling. The kind of output that used to take a team and a roadmap. I don't cut corners to get there — every project in the portfolio is live, tested, and maintained.
The mission is simple: prove that one focused developer with the right tools can outship most teams. I document the whole thing in public on X @ModernGrindTech — build logs, shipped features, honest takes.
By the Numbers
Real metrics from live projects. Not projections.
10+Production Apps
1,093+Automated Tests
4Live Client Projects
50K+Lines of Code
Tech Stack
What I reach for when shipping production software.
Frontend
- Next.js
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
Backend
- FastAPI
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
AI
- Claude
- GPT
- Computer Vision
- OCR
Infrastructure
- Vercel
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
Other
- Discord.js
- Stripe
- Prisma
- Playwright
Build in Public
I post everything — what shipped, what broke, what I learned. No polished retrospectives six months later. Real-time, as it happens.
Work Together
I take on 2-3 client projects per quarter.
I take on a small number of client projects. No discovery phase theater — book a call, tell me what you need, and I'll tell you exactly how fast I can ship it.