Gordon Todd Watts
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Flagship work

Systems, not just
screens.

A closer look at product systems, operational software, and engineering work across AI, SaaS, open source, and realtime applications.

2024 · live
JPope Tax Portal
A portal that behaves like operational software, not a veneer over back-office chaos.
2025 · live
TaxScout.app
Turns specialized tax engineering into software people can actually use.
2025 · live
MAINFRAME
Infrastructure thinking, expressed in the most unforgiving runtime: pure shell.
2024 · live
PropertyJunk.com
Operational complexity turned into a single coherent software surface.
JPope Tax Portal
2024 · flagship case study

JPope Tax Portal

Enterprise client portal for tax consultancy. A portal that behaves like operational software, not a veneer over back-office chaos.

Surface
Portal + docs + comms
Mode
Realtime-ready
Focus
Security + clarity
Problem

The business needed one secure client surface instead of fragmented communication, ad hoc document exchange, and manual operational follow-up.

Build approach
■Built a role-aware client portal with unified communication and document workflows.
■Used a realtime-capable frontend architecture so the product felt operational, not brochure-like.
■Focused on making enterprise complexity legible to both staff and clients.
Role-based accessRealtime data syncDocument workflows
TaxScout.app
2025 · flagship case study

TaxScout.app

AI-powered commercial real estate tax optimization. Turns specialized tax engineering into software people can actually use.

Domain
CRE tax workflows
AI layer
MCP-connected
Product move
Decision support
Problem

A domain-heavy tax workflow had to become understandable, actionable, and productized for users who care about financial outcomes more than internal complexity.

Build approach
■Translated niche tax strategy into guided product workflows.
■Connected domain logic to AI/MCP access so the platform could participate in agent-driven workflows.
■Designed the frontend as a decision-support surface rather than a generic dashboard.
AI agent publishing surfaceTax calculation workflowsMultifamily domain modeling
MAINFRAME
2025 · flagship case study

MAINFRAME

Open-source bash stdlib for AI agents. Infrastructure thinking, expressed in the most unforgiving runtime: pure shell.

Functions
4,000+
Runtime
Pure bash
Use case
AI agent systems
Problem

Agentic shell workflows are usually a mess of brittle scripts and duplicated glue logic. They need durable primitives, not one-off hacks.

Build approach
■Built a broad bash-native standard library instead of relying on heavyweight runtime assumptions.
■Added memory, orchestration, and data-handling primitives so shell workflows could scale into systems.
■Framed the project as infrastructure for AI-native tooling, not just a utilities repo.
Pure bash runtimeAgent working memory primitivesCLI-first orchestration surface
PropertyJunk.com
2024 · flagship case study

PropertyJunk.com

Junk removal SaaS with integrated CRM. Operational complexity turned into a single coherent software surface.

Mode
Ops SaaS
Surface
CRM + fleet + billing
Focus
Workflow continuity
Problem

A field-operations business needed software that could coordinate jobs, people, vehicles, customers, and billing without forcing staff to bounce between disconnected tools.

Build approach
■Treated operations as a product surface, not just a CRUD admin panel.
■Designed around scheduling, fleet visibility, CRM, and financial workflow continuity.
■Used frontend structure to reduce operational friction for a real-world service business.
Operations dashboardFleet and scheduling workflowsUnified CRM + billing