[Studio · Agency & research platforms]

Software for the paperwork
that's holding the industry back.

Permits that take years. Regulations spread across three states and a dozen statutes. Monitoring data trapped in spreadsheets. Five agencies, one project, no shared view of where anything stands. I build the platforms that hold that work — and I've built them for this industry specifically, not adapted from some generic government template.

I work with state and federal regulatory agencies, ports, tribes, universities, Sea Grant programs, and industry associations — anyone whose job it is to move this industry forward. Scoped per project, contract or subaward, delivered as working software your program owns — not a pilot that dies when the grant ends.

[Already built for this work]

Permitting & regulatory

Permit Reef

Charts California's aquaculture permitting maze — agency by agency, step by step — so applicants and staff finally see the same path, and the small-farm community has a place to organize around it.

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Public data & field access

TideEx

NOAA tide and conditions data turned into a public field tool: 162 mapped coastal spots across WA, OR, and CA, harvest rules by state, and events — free, ad-free, and built to be cited.

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Collaboration & workforce

AquaNet

A faculty-owned directory of California aquaculture programs, curriculum, industry partners, and funders — so workforce pull and academic push finally point at the same map.

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Each of these started the same way: a real regulatory or coordination problem nobody had budget to solve properly. I build them with packaged, reusable components, so a program that needs the same bones gets there in weeks — and owns the code at the end.

[Driftline rate — built into checkout]

I keep a permanent sliding scale on this service for low-income founders, disabled-led businesses, mutual-aid groups, and BIPOC/Indigenous/queer/ trans-led work — typically 40–60% off the listed range, sometimes more. No proof required, no forms, no questions. Anything you can buy on this site has the Driftline rate built right into checkout — tours, downloads, and session deposits all show the reduced amounts as selectable options when you pay. For larger project work, just ask and I'll quote at the Driftline rate.

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Nothing here is binding. Answer what you know; leave the rest blank.

Check everything that applies — I'll tell you what's realistic in phase one.

Write it however it comes out — what it does, who logs in, what it replaces, what it would change if it existed. Detail helps more than polish.

Staff, partner agencies, growers, permit applicants, the public…

Award period, fiscal year end, field season, a proposal due date.

Sole-source rules, required forms, insurance or registration requirements, subaward vs contract, security or data-residency needs.

[Which kind of build?]

Field Kit

I need a good website, fast.

I build it from a proven kit, then hand you the keys so you can edit every page yourself. One-time $500.

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Custom Build

I need something built my way.

Booking, memberships, maps, dashboards — built from scratch for how you actually work. Quoted per project.

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Agency & research platforms · you're here

I'm with an agency, program, port, tribe, or university.

Permitting, regulatory tracking, monitoring data, shared status boards, public data portals, workforce and curriculum tools. Scoped per project, contract or subaward.

Not sure which one? Pick any — I read every request myself and move you to the better fit before anyone pays anything.

[Field Notes: the list]

A quiet note from the tideline, now and then.

New field guides, the occasional tour date, small-batch drops, and stray observations worth passing along. No noise. Unsubscribe anytime.

[Sponsor the Driftline rate]

Keep the sliding scale alive

The Driftline rate lets me work with low-income founders, disabled-led businesses, mutual-aid groups, and BIPOC/Indigenous/queer/trans-led teams at a deep discount — sometimes 40–60% off the listed range. If you've got the means and want to help more of those projects get built, a direct gift offsets the gap and keeps the studio solvent while I do it.