AcceptingProjectsFall 2026

Independent product studio

Build it better.
Build it faster.

Are you running against deadlines or struggling to get off the start line?

Move the needle. Tag Dan in.

Strategy, design, and engineering—from one accountable senior builder.

A small studio with senior hands

A career of delivering things on time and above expectations.

Daniel has built brands, apps, and websites; owned infrastructure supporting more than $15 million in annual billing; and joined a pre-launch company on its path from idea to $1 million in ARR.

He has sold logos, too.

Good reasons to call

Your product has momentum—or needs some.

Stuck at the start line

Turn a validated idea and a long list of unknowns into a clear plan and a working first release.

Running against a deadline

Add senior, hands-on capacity without months of hiring and onboarding.

Starting a new project

Carve out a new feature set, make the key decisions, and build with momentum from day one.

Putting AI into production

Move past the demo with reliable workflows, structured data, and useful product design.

Proof, not promises

Plug in. Expand capacity. Ship now.

$15M+annual billing supported

Private Prep

Built and operated billing software and a custom CRM before serving as CTO.

$1MARR journey

Plantiful

Joined the founding team before launch and helped build the product used by more than 50 client businesses.

0→1reliable AI delivery

Applied AI

Shipped reliable AI features that turn messy inputs into useful, structured workflows.

See selected client work →

Letter from Dan

If it’s on the internet, we can build it*

A core memory of my childhood is watching a seed turn into a garden. My dad let me sketch out which seeds should go where. We planted. We watered. We sat together on the corner and sold our excess produce to the neighborhood: Dan’s Veggies, my first business. I even added it as a contact in my dad’s PalmPilot—basically a luxurious website in the ’90s.

Since the veggie stand, I graduated with two degrees in Potions (Chemistry) and Herbology (Biology) and taught myself to code. I worked at a branding agency, went through a developer apprenticeship program and became a CTO. I joined the founding team at a startup and achieved both launch and $1MM ARR.

By day you can find me at a computer, tinkering. By night you can find me cooking 🤌 and arguing if we should go surfing because life is short or if life is long.

I’m anticipating your note and know together we’ll build something great.

Upwards,

*Or at least figure out how to, quickly.

Ways to work together

Start with the shape of support the problem deserves.

Focused Sprint

A senior builder dropped into one urgent, well-defined problem. Best for shipping a feature, stabilizing a launch, or clearing a technical bottleneck.

Embedded Capacity

Add experienced product and engineering capacity without making a full-time hire. I work directly in your codebase and alongside your team.

Technical Leadership

Senior technical judgment for teams navigating architecture, hiring, delivery, or a consequential new product bet.

Engagements are scoped around outcomes and typically begin with a short working session.

Products from Bloom

Client work is only half the story.

Tote ↗

A privacy-first universal cart for saving products from any store.

Citrus Surf ↗

Browser-based tools for turning messy spreadsheets and data into useful formats.

Daniel Rose

You work with the person doing the work.

I’m a product-minded engineer and former CTO based in Silverton, Colorado. I work directly in your codebase, alongside your team, and leave behind tested systems and documented decisions—not a dependency.

I’m especially useful to founder-led companies with customers, funding, or validated demand.

LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗

However you describe the help

Accepting a small number of projects

What are you trying to get over the line?

Save the day. We’ll figure out whether I’m the right person to help.

dan@gobloom.io

Build it better.Build it faster.